It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.Maya Angelou
There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
Maya Angelou
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
Maya Angelou
I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics. I would never again work to make people smile inanely and would take on the responsibility of making them think.
Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Maya Angelou
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.
Maya Angelou
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