The ache for home lives in all of us. — Maya Angelou

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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. -Maya Angelou

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Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.

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I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

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You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.- Maya Angelou

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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. -Maya Angelou

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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

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If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

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Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

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