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

Other quotes by Maya Angelou

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

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Black History
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. – Maya Angelou

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Education
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Today is Valentines Day – or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day! – Jay Leno

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I wonder why men get serious at all. They have this delicate, long thing hanging outside their bodies which goes up and down by its own will. If I were a man I would always be laughing at myself. – Yoko Ono

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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon

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Ive always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry. – Jeffery Deaver

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Im learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. – Halle Berry

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The perfection of art is to conceal art. – Quintilian

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Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. – Vera Farmiga

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