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Its not where your dreams take you, its where you take your dreams.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.
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Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister mine, I'm going to make you some soup.' And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.
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I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.
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It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don't think it's fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.
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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.
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I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.
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I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better
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Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take three or four baths to try to cleanse myself, so I'm fresh for Monday.
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No one has ever become poor from giving.
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