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Friday, August 22, 2008
Maya Angelou’s Test of Character
The American poet,
Maya Angelou
, offers this pearl of wisdom:
“You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
Source:
Malz Werld
, 11 August 2008
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