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The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
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Marguerite Anne Johnson
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One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one's bones and cragginess of one's once-silken skin, is this: Do it. By all means, do it.
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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.
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It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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No one has ever become poor from giving.
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The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.
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And one of my absolute favorite quotes of all-time, one that I've adopted as one of my greatest life mottos: Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you kid. Let's go.
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I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for my body's mend. And that one is my love.
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You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right.
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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