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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

Book by Maya Angelou · 7 quotes · I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Caged, Ifs

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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou Quotes

“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.”

“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”

“My entire stay there [high school] might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of a brilliant teacher. Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not so much from her liking for students but from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find repositories so that they could be shared again.”