Quote by Maya Angelou
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – 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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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. – Maya Angelou

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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening. – Maya Angelou

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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. – Frederick Douglass

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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. – William Faulkner

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I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government. – Cissy Farenthold

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As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: “The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension is, at bottom, between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.” – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think. – Billy Graham

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Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britains success. – Charles Kennedy

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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just whats in your heart. – Carol Ann Duffy

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