{"id":617,"date":"2015-11-15T03:50:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T03:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=617"},"modified":"2018-04-12T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:03:10","slug":"angelou-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/angelou-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGELOU, Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf63af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cA Conversation between Rosa Guy and Maya Angelou\u201d (1988) <em>Writing Lives:<\/em> <em>Conversations Between Women Writers<\/em>, ed. Mary Chamberlain, London: Virago, reprint in <em>Conversations with Maya Angelou<\/em>, ed. Jeffrey M. Elliot, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1989, p. 220<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf63af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n[Excerpt from the start of Angelou\u2019s response to a question: \u201cDidn\u2019t you feel that sometimes you had to prove yourself: Feeling rejected by your mother, having to go through the traumas of being rejected and not being able to reach her, feeling that cold core that you couldn\u2019t reach. Did you feel bitter?\u201d]\n<p>\u201cBitterness is a different word. Anger. Bitterness is like a cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.\u201d (p. 220)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong><em>Re-quote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: A similar statement can be found in another <em>Conversations with Maya Angelou<\/em> interview after Angelou was asked, \u201c<em>Do you feel bitter about your experiences?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angelou&#8217;s response: \u201cNo, I get angry, which keeps me from being bitter. There\u2019s an absolute difference. <span style=\"color: #243569\">Bitterness is like cancer, it just stays with you and eats and eats and it comes out like lashes, like putrescent explosions<\/span>.\u201d (p. 42)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf63af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 <em>Conversations with Maya Angelou<\/em> (1989) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0878053611[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbcaf0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cChildren&#8217;s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/em> (1969) New York: Random House, 21 April 2009 edition, p. 17<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829475-7c82a017-1e62af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Memoir]\n<p>\u201cLooking through the years, I marvel that Saturday was my favorite day of the week. What pleasures could have been squeezed between the fan folds of unending tasks? <span style=\"color: #243569\">Children\u2019s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives<\/span>.\u201d (p.17)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Research&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4caf0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy \u2013 <em>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/em> (1969|2009 Random House edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 978-0-8129-8002-8[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1eaf0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCourage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can\u2019t practice any other virtues consistently. You see? You can\u2019t be consistently kind or fair or humane or generous, not without courage, because if you don\u2019t have it, sooner or later you will stop and say, \u201cEh, the threat is too much. The difficulty is too high. The challenge is too great.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">From response to interview question about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (22 January 1997) <em>Academy of Achievement <\/em>[interview author not named], High Point, North Carolina, p. 2 of 9 online \u2013 transcript &amp; video excerpts appear on bottom of page; video &amp; transcript online via Academy of Achievement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.achievement.org <\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828385-86abfac4-79bfaf0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Interview \u2013 excerpt of Angelou\u2019s response to the question \u201cWhat was [Dr. Martin Luther] King really like, personally?]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1453315828572-dac97b48-68e0af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cMaya Angelou Interview\u201d (2000) Academy of Achievement: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/autodoc\/page\/ang0int-2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/autodoc\/page\/ang0int-2<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf63af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHistory, despite its wrenching pain,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cannot be unlived, but if faced<\/p>\n<p>With courage, need not be lived again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cOn the Pulse of Morning\u201d (20 January 1993) Poem written &amp; delivered by Angelou for the inaugural ceremonies of President William J. Clinton, Washington, D.C.; online via \u201cMaya Angelou Inaugural Poem,\u201d C-SPAN, 1993, video [6:56 minutes; quote at 4:41]; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.c-span.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf63af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Excerpt of Angelou poem, which she read during President Bill Clinton\u2019s first inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C.]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u201cHistory, despite its wrenching pain,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Cannot be unlived, but if faced<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">With courage, need not be lived again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Lift up your eyes upon<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The day breaking for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Give birth again<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">To the dream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Women, children, men,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Take it into the palms of your hands,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Mold it into the shape of your most<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Private need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Sculpt it into<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">The image of your most public self.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf63af0d-d7b9&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cMaya Angelou Inaugural Poem\u201d (20 January 1993) C-SPAN: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4499362\/maya-angelou-inaugural-poem\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4499362\/maya-angelou-inaugural-poem<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143181-e25e93e8-de2d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Interview response (22 January 1997) <em>Academy of Achievement\u00a0<\/em>[interviewer not named], High Point, North Carolina, p. 2 of 9 online \u2013 transcript &amp; video excerpts appear on bottom of page; video &amp; transcript online via Academy of Achievement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.achievement.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Re-quote&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143252-aa3e5077-da26&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143327-f0171268-09bd&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">~<strong>Lorem Ipsum<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Book Title Here<\/em> (Date Here) Lorem Ipsum: Lorem Ipsum, p. 45<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><strong><em>Not in: <\/em><\/strong><em>Book Title Here, Book Title Here, Book Title Here, Book Title Here, Book Title Here<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Research&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143404-56fe60be-9cf0&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545157785-b2854beb-1ee7&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelo<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>Letter to My Daughter<\/em> (23 September 2008) New York: Random House, Introduction, p. 1<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545157947-86d6787a-56af&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [From book introduction]\n<p>\u201cYou may not control all events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone\u2019s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.\u201d (p. 1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545158031-30155c0d-d37a&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library &#8211; <em>Like It Is: Arthur E. Thomas Interviews Leaders on Black America<\/em> (1981) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-525-93193-7[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143555-248144bb-8c5d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t think modesty is a very good virtue\u2026 But humility comes from inside out. Humility says there was someone before me, someone found the path, someone made the road before me, and I have the responsibility of making the road for someone who is yet to come.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<b>Maya Angelou<\/b>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Interview response (22 January 1997) <em>Academy of Achievement\u00a0<\/em>[interviewer not named], High Point, North Carolina, p. 2 of 9 online \u2013 transcript &amp; video excerpts appear on bottom of page; video &amp; transcript online via Academy of Achievement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.achievement.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143696-388b1ce6-3994&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Interview \u2013 From a portion of Angelou\u2019s discussion about American civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop modesty in a minute. You see, it\u2019s a learned affectation. But humility comes from inside out. Humility says there was someone before me, someone found the path, someone made the road before me, and I have the responsibility of making the road for someone who is yet to come. Dr. King was really humble so that he was accessible to everybody.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545143766-5ef370fa-3e48&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cMaya Angelou Interview\u201d (2000) Academy of Achievement: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/autodoc\/page\/ang0int-2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/autodoc\/page\/ang0int-2<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545160634-f20bcb93-c01b&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is only an education that liberates. Education helps one cease being intimidated by strange situations. Once you have it in your mind, you can go anywhere.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cMaya Angelou\u201d (13 October 1978) interview with Arthur E. Thomas, in <em>Like It Is: Arthur E. Thomas Interviews Leaders on Black America<\/em>, 1981, Emily Rovetch, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 13<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545160810-649c68be-afe3&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Interview response]<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is only an education that liberates. Education helps one cease being intimidated by strange situations. Once you have it in your mind, you can go anywhere. You see? I encourage young people to read Shakespeare, Leroi Jones, Sonia Sanchez, Charles Dickens, Robespierre \u2013 in French \u2013 read. Read.\u201d (p. 13)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source ISBN&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545160912-4208f9f2-b9e7&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library &#8211; <em>Like It Is: Arthur E. Thomas Interviews Leaders on Black America<\/em> (1981) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-525-93193-7[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593195453-45f6c293-e8da&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t think modesty is a very good virtue\u2026 But humility comes from inside out. Humility says there was someone before me, someone found the path, someone made the road before me, and I have the responsibility of making the road for someone who is yet to come.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<b>Maya Angelou<\/b>, American author, entertainer &amp; educator<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Interview response (22 January 1997) <em>Academy of Achievement\u00a0<\/em>[interviewer not named], High Point, North Carolina, p. 2 of 9 online \u2013 transcript &amp; video excerpts appear on bottom of page; video &amp; transcript online via Academy of Achievement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.achievement.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593195567-caf96b52-6b11&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Interview \u2013 From a portion of Angelou\u2019s discussion about American civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop modesty in a minute. You see, it\u2019s a learned affectation. But humility comes from inside out. Humility says there was someone before me, someone found the path, someone made the road before me, and I have the responsibility of making the road for someone who is yet to come. Dr. King was really humble so that he was accessible to everybody.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593195681-058675ff-36ef&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cMaya Angelou Interview\u201d (2000) Academy of Achievement: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/autodoc\/page\/ang0int-2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/autodoc\/page\/ang0int-2<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161059-f56a7758-c483&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">~<strong>Lorem Ipsum<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Book Title Here<\/em> (Date Here) Lorem Ipsum: Lorem Ipsum, p. 45<\/h6>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Misquotes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161150-6d25afa6-f667&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161241-e8a06a4d-e646&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">~<strong>Lorem Ipsum<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Book Title Here<\/em> (Date Here) Lorem Ipsum: Lorem Ipsum, p. 45<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><strong><em>Not in: <\/em><\/strong><em>Book Title Here, Book Title Here, Book Title Here, Book Title Here, Book Title Here<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Research&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161331-91877c12-0bed&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161550-e942ecf9-c08d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">~<strong>Lorem Ipsum<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Book Title Here<\/em> (Date Here) Lorem Ipsum: Lorem Ipsum, p. 45<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Full line<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Misquotes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161642-c2d3a38c-4e4f&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161740-7c23ba9e-86bf&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Research&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522545161838-b36d3eb5-fb1e&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593190001-9d2c493a-38af&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">~<strong>Lorem Ipsum<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Book Title Here<\/em> (Date Here) Lorem Ipsum: Lorem Ipsum, p. 45<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>Full line<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Misquotes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593190120-0be7fa0e-e54a&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593190238-dc05ec11-2d6e&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Research&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1522593190365-062fbbd9-fd89&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"section-title\">Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;Wrapper-Author-Resources&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong>Learn more about Maya Angelou<\/strong><\/span> | Here are a few good places to find out more &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Caged Bird Legacy<\/strong> | <strong>Angelou Johnson Family <\/strong>website \u201ccontinuing the Life Work of Maya Angelou\u201d \u2013 Website includes a number of resources, including Angelou\u2019s biography, bibliography &amp; book links, family photos, links to the author\u2019s favorite charities, and excerpts from Angelou\u2019s conversations with friend &amp; talk show host Oprah Winfrey: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayaangelou.com\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.mayaangelou.com\/biography\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong> Maya Angelou<\/strong> | <strong><em>Oprah\u2019s Master Class<\/em><\/strong> (January 2011) \u2013 The world would be a better place if everyone took a few moments to watch Dr. Angelou reflect on some of the lessons she learned over her 80+ years: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-master-class\/The-Lesson-Dr-Maya-Angelou-Is-Still-Studying-in-Her-80s-Video?playlist_id=50840\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-master-class\/The-Lesson-Dr-Maya-Angelou-Is-Still-Studying-in-Her-80s-Video?playlist_id=50840<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>10 Questions for Maya Angelou<\/strong>\u2019 (28 March 2013) <strong><em>TIME<\/em><\/strong> magazine video interview (video &#8211; 6:00 minutes); online via TIME &amp; YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bdagJKsKSp8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bdagJKsKSp8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<strong>And Still I Rise<\/strong>&#8216; &#8211; Dr. Maya Angelou recites her famous poem [Original recording date unknown] video posted 5 April 2007 (2:52 minutes \u2013 recitation begins at 0.42); online via YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<strong>Full Show: Going Home with Maya Angelou<\/strong>&#8216; (1982) <strong><em>Moyers &amp; Company<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Bill Moyers visited Stamps, Arkansas with Angelou [22:05 minutes] online via Moyers &amp; Co. and YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GY4w1qW1L6w\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GY4w1qW1L6w<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong> | <strong>Twitter Account <\/strong>&#8211; <strong>@DrMayaAngelou <\/strong>\u2013 Angelou maintained her account prior to her death in May 2014; the page is still consistently maintained with quotes, writing excerpts, and updates from her family: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrMayaAngelou\" target=\"_blank\">www.twitter.com\/DrMayaAngelou<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Image credit<\/span><\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0ANGELOU, Maya \u201c Maya Angelou reciting her poem \u201cOn the Pulse of Morning\u201d at President Bill Clinton\u2019s inauguration in 1993\u201d (4 February 2013) Source: William J. 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