Maya Angelou Quotes, Baseball Quotes, Long Quotes

If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed to stand there and turn the other cheek, so he or she can get a better angle at taking your head off.

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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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The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labour.

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As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.

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If the door has been opened and I've been invited, or if I'm not invited and I somehow know I'm supposed to go in there, I put myself together and go in, praying all the while. I try to learn something before I go in. I try to show some respect of the place I'm going into.

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Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avaoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure for whatever truly afflicts you.

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I thought if war did not include killing, I'd like to see one every year.

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I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.

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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

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I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

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When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement.

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Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size.

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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

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By no amount of agile exercising of a wistful imagination could my mother have been called lenient. Generous she was; indulgent never. Kind, yes, permissive, never. In her world, people she accepted paddled their own canoes, pulled their own weight, put their own shoulders to their own plows and pushed like hell.

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Love is many things. It is varied. One thing love is not, is unsure.

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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 try to see every day as a celebration.

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We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all do that.

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Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.

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The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.

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