Maya Angelou Quotes
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human being become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of respectability at a commensurate speed.
Maya Angelou, Poet, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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The hymn was officially removed from the Anglican Hymnal in 1963. The hymn is a good example if how Christianity was used to reinforce the status quo of a riged English class system. God ordained the position of all men and onky he could change that. Hard work, education, personal qualities were all for naught. And no one should question the fairness of the status quo, as it was God’s will.
For Tamil Indians the Tirukkural is sacred scripture. There is no archeological evidence of his existence—only his literature. The date therefore is very uncertain and might be as early as the 8th century BC or as late as the 2nd century BC.
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
