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Maya Angelou

The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

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Maya Angelou is saying that the women's movement misses something important by not embracing love as a necessary part of its struggle. She believes that any major change or revolution feels incomplete or untrustworthy if it excludes love from its process.

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