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Quote by Maya Angelou
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a histori

For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. – Maya Angelou

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[E]very day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. – Maya Angelou

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We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. – Maya Angelou

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We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

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