Maya Angelou
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If someone tells you who they are, believe them.
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I know why the caged bird sings.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
If someone tells you who they are, believe them.
For Africa to me is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.
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I can't go to war with paparazzi.
We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.
For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
God creates your life story, then, gives you the pen to write your life story.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
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