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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war and everyone in the room will start to laugh. And what do you mean war?
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I've tried to be totally present, so that when I'm finished with a piece of work, I'm finished. ... The work, once completed, does not need me. The work I'm working on needs my total concentration. The one that's finished doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to itself.
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Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.
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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come.
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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
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Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.
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Forgive yourself - no one else will.
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I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65, I don't know yet what the Lord has for me to do. I try to live up to the energy and to the calling, but I wouldn't dare say I have even scratched the surface yet.
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Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.
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The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
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I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
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Oh, the holiness of being the injured party.
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Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.
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Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.
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At our best, we are all teachers
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