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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.
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Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.
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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 not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!
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I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.
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Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.
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In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.
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Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.
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