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Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.
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I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.
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I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves.
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Try, start always at home. This is my encouragement to all writers, start at home. All virtues and vices begin at home, and then spread abroad.
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Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.
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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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My mother raised me, and then freed me.
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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
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Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.
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The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.
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Step off the road. Build yourself a brand new path.
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I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.
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To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.
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You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful -- don't underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.
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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.
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