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Conversations with Oprah: Maya Angelou

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

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The Power of Words

I love the human voice more than anything, probably. I was a mute for many years and words meant so much to me. And even today, I must confess, I've never heard a human voice I didn't enjoy. So there have been times when she walked into places where the energy was the tension, the energy, the jealousy or whatever was so strong, she has to say, not here. Yes. That's that thing. We don't know what we're touching but it is touching us and changing us. You think you're only hearing it but something is happening positively. When did you know that? Maybe I knew it long before I knew I knew it.

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