Maya Angelou Quotes, Clouds Quotes, Rainbow Quotes

Anyone of us can be a rainbow in somebody's clouds. I want the University of Cincinnati to be a rainbow in the clouds. The University of Cincinnati is really a possibility of hope; it is a rainbow.

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If God put the rainbows right in the clouds themselves, each one of us in the direst and dullest and most dreaded and dreary moments can see a possibility of hope ... Each one of us has the chance to be a rainbow in somebody's cloud.

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We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

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I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is they're using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they're telling the truth about the human being- what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.

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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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Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.

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Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

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We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

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Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it's good but then she's a natural writer.' Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language.

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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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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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Lord keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth.

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Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art: to bring all our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

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At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.

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The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

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You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

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It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.

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The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.

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You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!

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I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things.

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