Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning African American poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 8 1928 and died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on May 28, 2014. Angelou was also a dancer, an actress and a singer.
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As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. Go to Quote / Comment
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. Go to Quote / Comment
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Go to Quote / Comment
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. Go to Quote / Comment
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Go to Quote / Comment