{"id":1161,"date":"2013-09-10T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T09:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2013-09-10T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T09:11:55","slug":"maya-angelou-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"Maya Angelou quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Speech-marks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-487\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 111px;\" alt=\"Speech marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Speech-marks-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Angelou, Maya (1928 &#8211; ), US author &amp; poet<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i><br \/>\nI have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, &#8216;I&#8217;m with you kid. Let&#8217;s go.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>If you don&#8217;t like something, change it. If you can&#8217;t change it, change your attitude. Don&#8217;t complain.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>The need for change bulldozed a road down the centre of my mind.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world&#8217;s variety and uniqueness.<\/p>\n<p><\/i><i>How important it is for us to recognise and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelou, Maya (1928 &#8211; ), US author &amp; poet I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. 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