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When I say 'I am a Christian', I'm not shouting 'I'm saved'. I'm whispering 'I get lost'. That is why I chose this way.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate - thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.
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A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true.
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We grow despite the horror that we feed upon our own tomorrow. We grow.
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.
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You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!
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If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.
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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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