Carolina QuotesI think there is always a need in any struggle for sensationalists. They get the headlines, they get the ear of the public, they take the race horse chances. Ofttimes they are the martyrs, but often they're not even right. You hear them speaking in your behalf and you say, "Yuch. You're not qualified. You know the rhetoric, but you're unprepared." But I don't put them down-except to their faces. If we meet somewhere quietly, say in this room, I'm ruthless. I'll say, "How dare you not take four hours to read up on W.E.B. Du Bois? What makes you talk such bullshit?" But that's privately. If I'm asked publicly, I'll say, "God bless them in their struggle." (1975)
Maya Angelou Connected to the Carolinas
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- Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)
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- 1989
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“I think there is always a need in any struggle for sensation…” Maya Angelou. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1CF30EF912. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1cf30ef912
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