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I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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All riddles are blues, / And all blues are sad, / And I'm only mentioning / Some blues I've had.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don't think it's fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.
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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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And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, Can I be of help?
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.
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To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.
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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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Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.
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In order to win, we pay with energy and effort and discipline. If we lose, we pay in disappointment, discontent, and lack of fulfillment.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.
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