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Every person needs to take one day away._ A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future._ Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence._ Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for._ Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
Maya Angelou Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
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Every person needs to take one day away._ A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future._ Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence._ Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for._ Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
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Maya Angelou

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

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