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People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.
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Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.
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Inscribed on the temple of Apollo
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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.
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I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.
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If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance.
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