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Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.
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 great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.
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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
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I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.
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The needs of a society determine its ethics.
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.
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I've learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.
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Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
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I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.
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I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.
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Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.
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It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
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Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.
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No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.
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In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else.
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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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My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.
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Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls.
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I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.
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I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment.
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