Quote by Maya Angelou
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innoc

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water. – Maya Angelou

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Ive learned that you shouldnt go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Lifes a bitch. Youve got to go out and kick ass. – Maya Angelou

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Belief
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Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults –a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast Table, 1872

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Belief

Some things have to be believed to be seen. – Ralph Hodgson, The Skylark and Other Poems

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Belief

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