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Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.
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Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.
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You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.
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I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, Can I be of help?.
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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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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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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a woman called by a devaluing name will only be weakened by the misnomer.
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We are only as blind as we want to be.
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The black kids, the poor white kids, Spanish-speaking kids, and Asian kids in the US - in the face of everything to the contrary, they still bop and bump, shout and go to school somehow. Their optimism gives me hope.
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Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress.
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I keep hitting the escape button but I am still here!
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A single fantasy can transform a million realities.
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The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.
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The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.
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Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.
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