“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "…”

“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you." … There is an African saying which is: "Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."”

— Maya Angelou

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Title: Wikiquote: Maya Angelou
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The Distinguished Annie Clark Tanner Lecture, 16th-annual Families Alive Conference, Weber State University, May 8, 1997 - Full text online at weber.edu

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