I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.

Maya Angelou

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When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

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Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies.

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No not me go find someone else to bring down by Maya Angelou

No not me go find someone else to bring down

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, b... by Maya Angelou

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

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To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

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I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in... by Maya Angelou

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

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We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

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Everybody is worth everything. by Maya Angelou

Everybody is worth everything.

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find... by Maya Angelou

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

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In the 16th century, [NiccolÃ²] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim volume called The Prince. In that book he showed the powers that be how to control the people. That book is a statement: separate and rule, divide and conquer. That's five hundred years ago and it still works, because we allow ourselves to be lead around with holes through our noses.

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The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. by Maya Angelou

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.

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Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

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It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

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The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.

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To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little b... by Maya Angelou

To those who have given up on love: I say, "Trust life a little bit.

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When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound.

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A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

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Step off the road. Build yourself a brand new path.

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