"I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I have a feeling that if you encountered difficulty, and I with my age encountered the same difficulty, I would respond one way, and you would respond another. Neither would be right or wrong. It's just that each of us is courageous, and that's what I encourage, courage, and the courage to see, and the courage to say to oneself what one has seen. Don't be in denial."

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Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou was an influential American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist known for her powerful works like 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.'

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