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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Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill. Go to Quote / Comment
The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. Go to Quote / Comment
A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent. Go to Quote / Comment
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. Go to Quote / Comment
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities. Go to Quote / Comment