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Maya Angelou Quotes:

Ocupation: Author

Life: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

Birthday: April 4

Death: May 28

I believe that a negative statement is poison.I'm convinced that the negative has power. It lives. And if you allow it to perch in your house, in your mind, in your life, it can take you over. So when the rude or cruel thing is said - the lambasting, the gay bashing, the hate - I say, "Take it all out of my house!" Those negative words climb into the woodwork and into the furniture, and the next thing you know they'll be on my skin.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Hate, Believe, Gay, Negative Words

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