"Few, if any, survive their teens. Most..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.
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“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
“It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.”
“All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.”
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“I'm not nearly young enough to know everything”
“The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost are and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.”
“The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.”