Maya Angelou Quotes, Mind Quotes, Identity Quotes

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.

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Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

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Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.

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You can ask goodness in, show it how much you like it, make room for it. And it says, "Oh, I like this place, I think I'll stay here." Which is why people go into one house and say, "I want to take my shoes off." At another house, no matter how beautiful it is, they might say, "Hmm, I can't stay."

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Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River.

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Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.

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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

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I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away - I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up!

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I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

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Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies.

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A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a woman called by a devaluing name will only be weakened by the misnomer.

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In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

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People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

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I get up in the morning, and I'm reluctant to turn on the television.

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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

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Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

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Try, start always at home. This is my encouragement to all writers, start at home. All virtues and vices begin at home, and then spread abroad.

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The breezes of the West African night were intimate and shy, licking the hair, sweeping through cotton dresses with unseemly intimacy, then disappearing into the utter blackness.

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