"I have risked everything to tell the..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
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“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.”
“It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history.”
“I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.”
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“It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories.”
“If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one ever was truly harmed. Harmed is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance.”
“All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy Because everybody's mind is capable of true knowledge, you don't have to have a special authority, or a special revelation telling you that this is the way things should be.”
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“We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger.”
“To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.”
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”