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Knew Quotes by Maya Angelou
- As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked…
- Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I…
- I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence…
- I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way…
- I believed that there was a God because I was told it by my grandmother and later by other adults. But when I found that…
- My entire stay there [high school] might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of a brilliant teacher. Miss Kirwin…
- I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
- Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my awareness…
- I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better
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