Carolina QuotesI don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you." … There is an African saying which is: "Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."
Maya Angelou Connected to the Carolinas
Source
The Distinguished Annie Clark Tanner Lecture, 16th-annual Families Alive Conference, Weber State University, May 8, 1997 - Full text online at weber.edu
- year
- 1997
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“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "…” Maya Angelou. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-47633095E8. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/47633095e8
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