“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you."”
The Distinguished Annie Clark Tanner Lecture, 16th-annual Families Alive Conference, Weber State University, May 8, 1997 - Full text online at weber.edu http://departments.weber.edu/chfam/familiesalive/angelouspeech.html3
Context: 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."
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Original: Adoro le donne che non si lasciano domare. Quelle che graffiano e mordono, ma sanno amare.
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