"I won't lose the Maya culture nor language, " he tells us through a translator.

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The great poet and author Maya Angelou didn't discover poetry until her mentor took her to the tiny library at her school and challenged her to read every book in the room.

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He says he won't say if he met the real-life Maya to protect his sourcing.

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When I first started reading TWM I immediately thought of Maya Angelou's "Won't Take Nothing for my Journey Now".

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However, this isn't exactly a fair test, given that the MAYA-II always goes first, and always opens with the center square.

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My powerful massage from the spa's Maya therapist, the granddaughter of a shaman, proved that "energy work" isn't always just a catchphrase.

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