Maya Angelou Quotes

I like chicken a lot because chicken is generous - that is to say, it's obedient. It will do whatever you tell it to do.

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• I like chicken a lot because chicken is generous - that is to say, it's obedient. It will do whatever you tell it to do.

  

  Maya Angelou
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