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By Maya Angelou
However, on the other hand, what you have first is your courage. You may lean against it, it will hold you up, you have that.
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- Commencement Address (excerpts), Maya Angelou to the Wellesley College class of 1982, June 4, 1982
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- Wellesley College Archives. Used with permission, for non-commercial use only. Commercial use requires permission (MayaAngelou.com).
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From Maya Angelou's commencement address to the Wellesley College class of 1982, delivered on 4 June 1982. She has just listed the injustices the graduates will face, and tells them what they already have.