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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its pl

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. – 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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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of mans humanity to man. – Maya Angelou

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Technology
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. – Maya Angelou

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Future
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The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. – Albert Einstein

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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyones task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. – Viktor E. Frankl

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Life

Every man regards his own life as the New Years Eve of time. – Jean Paul

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Life

Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. – Lydia Lunch

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The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked. – Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell

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Future

A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get – and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL. – Eliot Spitzer

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I know the pleasure of pulling up root vegetables. They are solvable mysteries. – Novella Carpenter, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

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