Quote by Maya Angelou
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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. – Maya Angelou

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Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. – Maya Angelou

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Travel
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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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Anger
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It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most. – Marguerite Duras

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There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. – Blaise Pascal

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Men

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixons lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. – Bob Woodward

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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. – Immanuel Kant

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Poetry is the overflowing of the soul. – Henry T. Tuckerman, “Bryant,” Thoughts on the Poets, 1850

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There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anaïs Nin

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