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“Hypocrites get offended by the truth.”
― Jess C. Scott, Bad Romance: Seven Deadly Sins Anthology

tags: freedom, freedom-of-speech, freedom-of-thought, honest, honesty, hypocrite, hypocrites, liars, straightforwardness, truth

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“Don't kneel please. Sometimes people put people on pedestals so they can see them more clearly and knock them off more easily”
― Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom

tags: maya-angelou, maya-angelou-quote, mom-me-mom

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“Go," she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.”
― Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom

tags: feminism, inspirational, our-shared-shelf

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“Life is filled with terrifying moments, and we cannot stop the onslaught of fear any more than we can hold back the wind. But we can always choose our response. The very winds that cause the eagle to soar later in life terrified it when it was an eaglet. Allow fear to drive you toward God.”
― Lisa Bevere, Girls with Swords: How to Carry Your Cross Like a Hero

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“I really saw clearly, and for the first time, why a mother is really important. Not just because she feeds and also loves and cuddles and even mollycoddles a child, but because in an interesting and maybe an eerie and unworldly way, she stands in the gap. She stands between the unknown and the known.”
― Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom

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