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I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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We love and lose in China, we weep on England's moors, and laugh and moan in Guinea, and thrive on Spanish shores. We seek success in Finland, are born and die in Maine. In minor ways we differ, in major we're the same.
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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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The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.
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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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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.
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I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.
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Effective action is always unjust.
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Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.
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I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.
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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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I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so the occasion of itself alone has an importance, which forces me to stare down my nerves.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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