I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come…

Maya Angelou
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I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place. ✨ Interview with Randy Cordova, www.azcentral.com. 2011.
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