Those of us who have gathered here, ... we owe something from this minute on, so this gathering is not just another footnote on the pages of history.
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There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.Maya Angelou
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Maya Angelou
Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.
Maya Angelou
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us- in the dreariest and most dreaded moments- can see a possibility of hope.
Maya Angelou
In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.
Maya Angelou
If they want to learn how to live life right
they ought to study me on Saturday night.
Maya Angelou
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