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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

This well-known author was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 24th of 1928, then later changed her name to Maya Angelou following her marriage to a Greek sailor named Tosh Angelos. During the 1950s, her performances in the production 'Porgy and Bess' with a dance troupe would find her traveling all throughout Europe. Not only did she write the 'Cabaret for Freedom' in 1957 but she also performed it as well and she accomplished the recording of 'Calypso Lady'. In 1960 following her marriage to Vusumzi Make, a South African civil rights activist, she became an English weekly newspaper editor after they moved to Cairo, Egypt. After returning to the U.S. in 1964 her first book was published, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and many others have followed

Date of Birth: April 04, 1928

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"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad itseems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned thatyou can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned thatregardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they'regone from your life. I've learned that making a living is not the same thing asmaking a life. I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on bothhands; you need to be able to throw some things back. I've learned that wheneverI decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I'velearned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned thatevery day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, orjust a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what youdid, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

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"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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American Poet Attitude

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

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

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

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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

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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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"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

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"A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent."

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"The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood."

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"The Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health has a national conference every other year. This year the focus of our conference is on cardiovascular disease or heart disease and how to translate research into practice."

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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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"The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear."

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"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome."

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"I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."

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"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

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"IÃ¢â¬â¢ve learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life.""

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"The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important to turning around the wheels of the state. Well the black American woman has never been able to feel that way. No b"

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"In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with burgeoning racism, rife with growing huddles of the homeless, we need art and we need art in all forms. We need all methods of art to be present, everywhere present, and all the time present."

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