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You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.
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've had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I've been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can't control that. Nor would I want to.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.
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On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.
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You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.
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We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.
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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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Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.
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I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.
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I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'
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It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.
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Yet it is only love which sets us free.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.
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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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