Maya Angelou quotes - page 15

Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history. (Maya Angelou)
I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. View quote
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Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life. View quote
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Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it. View quote
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The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are. View quote
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. View quote
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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too. View quote
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I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard. View quote
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Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less. View quote
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You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.' View quote
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If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity. (Maya Angelou)
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him. He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance. Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that. He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his. View quote
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome. View quote
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The horizon leans forward, Offering you space to place new steps of change. View quote
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life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy. View quote
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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. View quote
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Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace. View quote
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Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise. View quote
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We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom. View quote
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You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.' View quote
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I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good. (Maya Angelou)
One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it. View quote
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Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard to read. It doesn't give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader. View quote
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I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it. View quote
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love builds up the broken walland straigtens the crooked path.love keeps the stars in the firmament and imposes rhythm on te ocean tideseach of us is created of itand i suspecteach of us was created for it. View quote
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