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I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.
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Thank you, always say thank you it's the greatest gift you can give someone because thank you is what you say to God.
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My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
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The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.
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My mother raised me, and then freed me.
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When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'
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You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.
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Hope is born again in the faces of children.
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If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror because we have the mistake between our faces and the mirror we can't see what we're capable of being. You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self.
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I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.
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