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If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.
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I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
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People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Had I not had my grandmother, who dared to be my rainbow in the clouds, I would have been just another sexually abused barefoot black girl on the roads of Arkansas.
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One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.
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We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all do that.
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We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.
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