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I keep hitting the escape button but I am still here!

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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St. Louis
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The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.
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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
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Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.
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I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.
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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
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If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!
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I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, Can I be of help?.
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I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.
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I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within a few days the man was killed. In my child's mind--seven and a half years old--I thought my voice had killed him. So I stopped talking for five years.
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Raising kids is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
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On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.
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We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
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I have heard it said that winter, too, will pass, that spring is a sign that summer is due at last. See, all we have to do is hang on.
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When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.
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Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.
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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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