Maya Angelou quotes - page 7

A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. (Maya Angelou)
Visit us again, Savior. Your children, burdened with disbelief, blinded by a patina of wisdom, carom down this vale of fear. We cry for you although we have lost your name. View quote
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. View quote
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Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away. View quote
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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally. View quote
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Success is loving life and daring to live it. View quote
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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift. View quote
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. View quote
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The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom. View quote
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one. View quote
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To those who are given much, much is expected. (Maya Angelou)
I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe. View quote
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. View quote
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Live as though life was created for you. View quote
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Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes. View quote
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I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming? View quote
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else. View quote
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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution. View quote
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Don't let the man bring you down. View quote
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I've got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe. View quote
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Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage. (Maya Angelou)
To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. View quote
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library. View quote
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. View quote
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We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us. View quote
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