Maya Angelou Quotes, Glasses Quotes, Half Empty Quotes

I'm a positive thinker and actor. I look at a glass; a negative person sees the glass and says: too bad it's half empty... I look at the same glass and say: Hallelujah!! It's half full!!!

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I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.

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The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.

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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

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I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

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I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

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I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.

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I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you.

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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

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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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Remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind.

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It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history.

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Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably valuable gift.

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I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.

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That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

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I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

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You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them.

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You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

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