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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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My life has been one great big joke, a dance thats walked a song thats spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. – Maya Angelou

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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. – Rosa Parks

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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. – Oprah Winfrey

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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. – W.E.B. DuBois

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