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Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. Angelou is known for the autobiographical writings "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (1969) and All "God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" (1986). Her volume of poetry, "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die" (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993, Angelou read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" for Bill Clinton's Presidential inauguration at his request. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your comments or consult wikipedia
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
Angelou, Maya on Defeat
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"Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations."
Angelou, Maya on Education
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"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you kid. Let's go."
Angelou, Maya on Life and Living
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"There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it."
Angelou, Maya on Life, Lust For
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"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."
Angelou, Maya on Anger
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"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
Angelou, Maya on Action
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"The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind."
Angelou, Maya on Change
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"Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives."
Angelou, Maya on Children
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"I believe that every person is born with talent."
Angelou, Maya on Talent
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"Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater."
Angelou, Maya on Work
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