Maya Angelou's Quote - As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. W

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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. W

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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[E]very day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. – Maya Angelou

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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. 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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The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. – Maya Angelou

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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. – Plato

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Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. – Robert Frost

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Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. – George Bernard Shaw

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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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