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Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Happiness is a chance to talk to a friend, to hear good music, to have a good glass of wine. Happiness is a chance to be myself and to find people with whom I agree or who I don't agree but I can learn something.
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I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.
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Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.
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We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
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I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.
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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.
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Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.
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If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.
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You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.
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I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
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Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise.
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else.
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