Maya Angelou - Somehow, we have come to the er...

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.

Maya Angelou

American Poet

Born: Apr 4, 1928

Died: May 28, 2014

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Values, Our, Direct, Somehow, Come, Material, Material Things, Blood, Flesh, Belief, Things, Bones

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