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Maya Angelou

1928 - 2014

Essayist, American Memoirist, Poet and Civil Rights Activist

Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.

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People will forget what you said... but people will never forget how you made them feel

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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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Live as though life was created for you.

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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.

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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.

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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

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What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.

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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!

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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

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About Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou’s literary legacy is anchored by her groundbreaking seven-part autobiographical series, starting with the masterpiece I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which revolutionized the memoir genre by exploring childhood racism, trauma, and identity. Her subsequent memoirs, including Gather Together in My Name and Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, chronicle her struggles with early single motherhood and her entry into the performing arts. The series concludes with powerful historical narratives like The Heart of a Woman and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, detailing her activism in the Civil Rights Movement and her transformative years as an expatriate in Ghana

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