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“Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
of things unknown, but longed for still,
and his tune is heard on the distant hill,
for the caged bird sings of freedom.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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