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

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

- Maya Angelou

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Angelou was a professor of American studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina for over 30 years.

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