If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concent…

Maya Angelou
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If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.659, Modern Library
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If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution. I had to learn technique and surrender my ignorance. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.659, Modern Library

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