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Maya Angelou Stamp Includes Quote That Isn't Hers
AOL News ^ | Apr 7th 2015 | Staff

Posted on 04/07/2015 5:22:10 PM PDT by IncPen

Maya Angelou was known for her inspirational and thought-provoking quotes, so it's only fitting that a stamp commemorating her features one. A new postage stamp that was unveiled in a dedication ceremony Tuesday morning celebrating the late literary icon aimed to do just that. It features her image with the quote, "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." Except that quote ... isn't Angelou's.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: angelou; blackkk; joanwalshanglund; mayaangelou; mayaangelouquote; mayaangeloustamp; obama; plagiarism; plagiarist; stamp; usps; yuk
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To: Daffynition

The best part of the release event is that the power went out while Oprah was speaking.

Good to see you, Daffy : )


61 posted on 04/10/2015 4:07:38 AM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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To: IncPen
Great to see you too darling!

Erm....R U saying there was a blackout?


62 posted on 04/10/2015 4:36:20 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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