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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

Other quotes by Maya Angelou

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. – Maya Angelou

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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. – Maya Angelou

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Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. – Maya Angelou, "Still I Rise," And Still I Rise

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You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights. – William Lloyd Garrison

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The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise. – African Proverb

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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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