Maya Angelou quotes - page 4

The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. (Maya Angelou)
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. View quote
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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. View quote
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She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy. View quote
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If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult. View quote
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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people. View quote
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The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve. View quote
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Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? View quote
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You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. View quote
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The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. View quote
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We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world. (Maya Angelou)
Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth. View quote
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I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life. View quote
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All information belongs to everybody all the time. It should be available. It should be accessible to the child, to the woman, to the man, to the old person, to the semiliterate, to the presidents of universities, to everyone. It should be open. View quote
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Segregation shaped me; education liberated me. View quote
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My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still. View quote
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You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. View quote
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I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for my body's mend. And that one is my love. View quote
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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. View quote
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I don't believe the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. View quote
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you. (Maya Angelou)
love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it. View quote
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Ive learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. View quote
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Here on the pulse of this new day, You may have the grace to look up and out; And into your sister's eyes, into; Your brother's face, your country; And say simply, Very simply, With hope, Good Morning. View quote
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women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible and live long lives. View quote
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