We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks…

Maya Angelou
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We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.424, Modern Library
Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.
You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything.
That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene valle … ▶
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.

We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.

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