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Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Faith is the evidence of the unseen.
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You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.
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In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.
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I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.
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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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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.
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In a long meter hymn, a singer - they call it 'lays out a line.' And then the whole church joins in in repeating that line. And they form a wall of harmony so tight, you can't wedge a pin between it.
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I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.
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