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"Does my sassiness surprise you?" Maya Angelou Quotes  
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Maya Angelou is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. Are the quotes that influenced you on this list?

	All great achievements require time.
	Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
	Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
	Don't bring negative to my door.
	I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
	If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
	Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
	Nothing will work unless you do.
	Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
	Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
	The honorary duty of a human being is to love.
	The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
	The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
	There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
	There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
	We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
	You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better.
	People will forget what you said, poeple will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
	Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.

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