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An important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, Maya Angelou is also an author, actress and playwright. Her autobiography, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,’ gave her critical and international acclaim. In the late seventies, she became a friend and mentor to Oprah Winfrey.

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.”

- Maya Angelou (1928- )

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