It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself …

Maya Angelou
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. ✨ Maya Angelou (2011). Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, p.18, Bantam
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