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Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'
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
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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You never get over the fear of writing.
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The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.
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Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.
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I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things.
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Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure.
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I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.
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