We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

- Maya Angelou

Random Fact

Maya Angelou was a civil rights activist and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. She also worked as a coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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