Name | Birthday | Death Date | Nationality | father | Mother | Profession | Famous For |
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Maya Angelou | 4 April 1928 | 28 May 2014 | American | Bailey Johnson | Vivian Baxter Johnson | Journalist, Pimp, Poet, Dancer, Essayist, Civil rights activist, Female Prostitute, Film producer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Author, Professor, Television producer, Film director, Actor | A poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed memoir 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and her numerous poetry and essay collections. |
A list of popular Maya Angelou quotes are given below.
"Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well." - Maya Angelou
"We need the courage to create ourselves daily, to be bodacious enough to create ourselves daily ? as Christians, as Jews, as Muslims, as thinking, caring, laughing, loving human beings. I think that the courage to confront evil and turn it by dint of will into something applicable to the development of our evolution, individually and collectively, is exciting, honorable." - Maya Angelou