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If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.
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We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.
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I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.
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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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Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.
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A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
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To know and not to do is in fact not to know. We need to be active instruments against evil. We need to do.
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
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