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" I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles. "
Maya Angelou
Human Being
Own
Human
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" My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. "
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" Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun! "
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" I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth. "
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" Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole. "
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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 time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. "
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" It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything. "
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" My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still. "
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" I like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. "
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" I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me. "
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" Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon. "
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" It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race. "
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" I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. "
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" Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. "
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" I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely. "
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" Autobiography is awfully seductive; it's wonderful. Once I got into it, I realized I was following a tradition established by Frederick Douglass - the slave narrative - speaking in the first-person singular, talking about the first-person plural, always saying 'I,' meaning 'we.' "
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" The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think. "
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" Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace. "
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" I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. "
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" Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone. "
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