Maya Angelou Quotes, Believe Quotes, People Quotes

I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so the occasion of itself alone has an importance, which forces me to stare down my nerves.

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I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

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When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.

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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've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

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A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took my time to lead her and to read her every page. Even minimal people can't survive on minimal wage. A certain person wondered why I wait all week for you. I didn't have the words to describe just what you do. I said you had the motion of the ocean in your walk, and when you solve my riddles you don't even have to talk.

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When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world, that is when, and only when we come to it

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Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard to read. It doesn't give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.

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Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you. So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. Take up the battle. Take it up. It’s yours. This is your life. This is your world.

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I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.

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We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.

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You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

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I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.

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My mother raised me, and then freed me.

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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.

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I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.

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Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come.

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