Maya Angelou
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You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
I know why the caged bird sings.
When you learn, teach. When you get, give.
You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
If someone tells you who they are, believe them.
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.
You're cheating me but when the time reverse you'll know that you were teaching me.
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.
I'm used to watching old movies of myself.
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines' that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace.
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
I've only ever wanted to be a singer I never wanted to be famous.
Half a truth is often a great lie.
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
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