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I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
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Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take three or four baths to try to cleanse myself, so I'm fresh for Monday.
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Its not where your dreams take you, its where you take your dreams.
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Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
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I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.
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Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.
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Let us live so we do not regret years of inertia and ignorance, so when we die we can say all of our energy was dedicated to the noble liberation of the human mind and spirit, beginning with my own.
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I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.
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I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.
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Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.
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Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River.
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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.
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Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress.
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To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents.
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