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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou

An internationally known and respected writer, poet and educator, Maya Angelou has authored such well-known titles as "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "Gather Together in My Name." She has produced and starred in several plays and authored the musical score and screenplay for the film Georgia, Georgia. She has been the recipient of many awards, including the Golden Eagle Award for her documentary, Americans in the Arts for PBS, and the LA Home Journal Woman of the Year Award. She has worked tirelessly in her life to improve the living conditions of women in the Third World, primarily in Africa. Maya Angelou

Date of Birth: April 04, 1928
Found 178 quotes by Maya Angelou .
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"I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life.""
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"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities."
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"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."
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"Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure."
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"The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear."
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"i can be changed by what happens to me. but i refuse to be reduced by it."
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"One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it."
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Acceptance
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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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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
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"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers."
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"I don't believe the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at."
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Birth
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"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"
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