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jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'
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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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I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.
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