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We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.
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Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.
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Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Oh, the holiness of being the injured party.
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We grow despite the horror that we feed upon our own tomorrow. We grow.
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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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Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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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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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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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'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
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Age is nothing waking up is everything.
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