To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.

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To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.

-- Maya Angelou

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When you have an attitude of gratitude you wake up saying thank you.

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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. –

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My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God – I thank God every time I think of it – I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

-- Maya Angelou

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. –

-- Maya Angelou

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