Maya Angelou Quotes, Witty Quotes, Struggle Quotes

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory.

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Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst.

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I live in an atmosphere of music.

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My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

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I like to know what's happening.

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When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, 'Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.'

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We grow despite the horror that we feed upon our own tomorrow. We grow.

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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.

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Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

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This is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing.

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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?

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I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome.

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I would ask every man and every woman who's had the blessing of having children, 'Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?' To love someone takes a lot of courage. So how much more is one challenged when the love is of the same sex and the laws say, 'I forbid you from loving this person'?

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Putting down on paper what you have to say is an important part of writing, but the words and ideas have to be shaped and cleaned, cleaned as severely as a dog cleans a bone, cleaned until there's not a shred of anything superfluous.

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You can only accomplish what I really love. Do not take the money as a goal. Instead, pursue the things you passionate about, and do good to others can not take my eyes off you

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Facts can obscure the truth.

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I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?".

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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

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If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

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