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The desire to reach hearts is wise
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Autobiographer
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Film Director
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Human Rights Activist
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St. Louis
Missouri
Marguerite Annie Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Anne Johnson
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Step off the road. Build yourself a brand new path.
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I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.
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I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.
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Life loves the liver of it.
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday and pretend to have some sanity.
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People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.
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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
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Facts can obscure the truth.
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals.
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Give yourself time just to be with yourself.
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