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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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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Black History
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Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence — neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish — it is an imponderably valuable gift. – Maya Angelou

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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. – Maya Angelou

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It doesnt matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; its important to realize that whatever youre doing, its your first attempt at it. – Wally Amos

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Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories. – Felix Cohen

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It is easier to believe than to doubt. – E.D. Martin, The Meaning of a Liberal Education

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He does not believe who does not live according to his belief. – Thomas Fuller

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And if you are a rose, I am rose-shadow. – Rumi

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The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

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