Maya Angelou quotes - page 8

We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. (Maya Angelou)

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

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It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

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Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

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Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.

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A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.

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I do not need to know all things. I remind myself that it is sufficient that I know what I know and know that without believing that I will always know what I know or that what I know will always be true.

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Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

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When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

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We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do. (Maya Angelou)

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

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The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.

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We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

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Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.

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In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.

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When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep.

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If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.

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We are only as blind as we want to be.

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The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.

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He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack. (Maya Angelou)

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

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You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for.

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If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

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You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

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Maya Angelou

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: April 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014
Quotes count: 451
Wikipedia: Maya Angelou

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