A Quote by Maya Angelou

Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you... yet, someone survived... You can do anything you choose to do.

Maya Angelou

Quote Topics

Anything Beaten Before Choose Frightened Humiliated Hungry Hurt Someone Survived Wronged You Choose

Quote Author

Maya Angelou
American - Poet
April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

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Whoopi Goldberg

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Iain Banks

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Jane Smiley

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Alicia Keys

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Saint John Chrysostom

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Ernest Hemingway

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