Maya Angelou Quotes, Knows Quotes

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

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I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias.

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It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

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Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

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Tell the truth and not the facts.

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Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.

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

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I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

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Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. Say I'm stronger than I thought I was

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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

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Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.

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Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, "I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth." Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, "Yes, I deserve it."

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I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them.

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I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.

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I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.

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I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

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My people couldn't have survived slavery without having hope that it would get better. And there's some songs from the 19th and 18th century that say [sings], "By and by, by and by, I will lay down, this heavy load." And I mean, so many songs that spoke of hope and understand it better by and by. Amazing songs. So that the slaves, just knowing that he, she, did not have the right legally to walk within one inch away from where the slave owner dictated, and yet the same person, wrote and sang with fervor, "If the lord wants somebody, here am I, send me." It's amazing.

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

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If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.

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