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Quote by Maya Angelou

“My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.”

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, playwright, actress, and lecturer, known for her profound exploration of race, gender, and culture in her work. Her autobiographical works, including 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' which detailed her early life of poverty and sexual exploitation, have gained widespread acclaim. more

“Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God's mouth, each other out of the music from God's heart.”

Needs Mind Humans Heart Ideas Speak Human Beings Levels Highest Mouths Human Mind Speaking Out Poetry And Music

Author:Maya Angelou

“We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow up and stop acting like 10 years old. Yes there is much to do, much to see, much to go into.”

Years Kind Grows Acting Growing Up Wiser

Author:Maya Angelou

“If technology and medicine are used by women to have children or not to have children or to have healthier children - that's one thing. But if it's used to say, 'You're not a real woman unless you have a child, therefore take all these dangerous hormones and have one at 54," then it's another story.”

Ifs Children Real Stories Used Technology One Thing Dangerous Medicine Hormones Real Women

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“If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war and everyone in the room will start to laugh. And what do you mean war?”

Ifs May Mean Long War Enough Rooms Laughing Imagine Get Over

Author:Maya Angelou