Maya Angelou Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Long Quotes

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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Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

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I like to know what's happening.

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Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.

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My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

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The writer has to take the most used, most familiar objects - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs - ball them together and make them bounce, turn them a certain way and make people get into a romantic mood; and another way, into a bellicose mood. I'm most happy to be a writer.

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

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We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

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Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.

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Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

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The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

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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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Y’all dropped the ball and you should be shamed.

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Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.

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I don't trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

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Facts can obscure the truth.

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I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics. I would never again work to make people smile inanely and would take on the responsibility of making them think.

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Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

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