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Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.
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Life is a glorious banquet, a limitless and delicious buffet.
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People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.
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We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.
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If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.
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My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.
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A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true.
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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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In order to be a mentor, and an effective one, one must care. You must care. You don't have to know how many square miles are in Idaho, you don't need to know what is the chemical makeup of chemistry, or of blood or water. Know what you know and care about the person, care about what you know and care about the person you're sharing with.
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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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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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No one has ever become poor from giving.
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My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.
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