I'd be dishonoring God if I didn't believe I was put here on Earth to help change the world.

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I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. -Maya Angelou

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.- Maya Angelou

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I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.

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The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes. It’s a vicious cycle, and after you go around and around a bunch of times you end up believing that all vegans only eat cabbage and all gay people love musicals.

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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

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I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

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Success is knowing what you're doing, loving what you're doing, and believing what you're doing

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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. -Maya Angelou

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