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Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as.

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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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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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 respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
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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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