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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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Maya Angelou
Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Maya Angelou
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Acceptance,
Accepted,
Adult,
Amazement,
American,
Character,
Deserves,
Distaste,
Emerges,
Enthusiastic,
Even,
Fact,
Female,
Formidable,
Inevitable,
Met,
Negro,
Often,
Outcome,
Respect,
Seldom,
Struggle,
Survivors,
Won
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Acceptance,
Accepted,
Adult,
Amazement,
American,
Character,
Distaste,
Enthusiastic,
Even,
Fact,
Female,
Formidable,
Inevitable,
Met,
Negro,
Often,
Outcome,
Respect,
Seldom,
Struggle,
Won
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