I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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- Maya Angelou
- Culture / tradition
- African American
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- ! Attribution disputed
Widely attributed to Maya Angelou; earlier versions appear in print in the 1970s credited to Carl W. Buehner, and no primary Angelou source is known.
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