Quote by Maya Angelou
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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We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. – Maya Angelou

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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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The sadness of the womens movement is that they dont allow the necessity of love. See, I dont personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. – Maya Angelou

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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed. – Oscar Wilde

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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. – Henry David Thoreau

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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. – Henry David Thoreau

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Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. – Honore de Balzac

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