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Maya Angelou Dies at 86

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Re: Maya Angelou Dies at 86

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Here's a recent 14 minute interview she did. As ever, she speaks beautifully and is engaging to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1T9CEjjRzE In the video she mentions having "already been paid for" (paraphrasing - don't have time to rewatch video at the moment). She uses a similar phrase in her Clinton poem and other interviews. As I understand it, it's her concept that all the people who went before you to mak…

Lovely interview. Asked about her frailty: "What I really want to do is be a representative of my race, of the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be. How intelligent and generous we can be. I have a chance to teach and to love and to laugh and I know that when I finish doing what I was sent here to do, I will be called home. And I will go home without any fear [or] trepidations."

I think she says "trepidation... some. Wondering what's going to happen..." She sort of changed thought midstream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1T9CEjjRzE#t=11m53s

I liked her incredulity when asked how she resolved her religious beliefs and views on homosexuality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1T9CEjjRzE#t=9m53s

...but just go watch the whole thing.

Re: Maya Angelou Dies at 86

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>(pronounced AHN-zhe-lo) /ˈæn.dʒə.loʊ/ in IPA, if that confused anyone else. (I misinterpreted it as representing /ˈɑːn.ʒə.loʊ/.)

I heard her speak last year at Elon, and this is how she pronounced it herself. Prior, I had heard it both ways.

Re: Maya Angelou Dies at 86

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How many of us deserve to be described as consistently: 1. beautifully spoken? 2. profound in thought? 3. joyful in outlook? and yet despite possessing these outstanding qualities, never allowing those who do not seem to, to feel anything but encouraged to try to follow her example.
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