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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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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

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The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

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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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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.

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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

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Nothing will work unless you do.

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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.

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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.

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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

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About Maya Angelou

Notable Works

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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