Maya Angelou Quotes About Literature
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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
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When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.
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When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.
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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.
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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
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Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
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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.
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