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Maya Angelou Quotes

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Maya Angelou

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: American
Born: April 4, 1928

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Maya Angelou

Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou

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.
Maya Angelou

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
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Again, Cannot, Courage, Despite, Faced, History, Lived, Need, Pain, Wrenching

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Again, Cannot, Courage, Despite, Faced, History, Lived, Need, Pain, Wrenching