I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he h…

Maya Angelou
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I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
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Glory falls around us as we sob a dirge of desolation on the Cross ✨ Maya Angelou (2011). I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems, p.28, Random House
My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
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I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

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