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And one of my absolute favorite quotes of all-time, one that I've adopted as one of my greatest life mottos: Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you kid. Let's go.

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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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 have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
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Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.
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The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.
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Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.
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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.
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Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.
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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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Thank you, always say thank you it's the greatest gift you can give someone because thank you is what you say to God.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.
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Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry.
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I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.
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Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.
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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.
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There is a lot of ignorance, and I don't mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it will take away from what I have. It's just ignorance.
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