Maya Angelou Quotes, Song Quotes, Mean Quotes

I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.

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Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?

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In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.

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Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up.

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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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Do not be wedded forever to fear, yoked eternally to brutishness.

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If it is true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, isn't it also true a society is only as healthy as its sickest citizen and only as wealthy as its most deprived?

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I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'

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Age is nothing; waking up is everything.

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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

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As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.

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Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry.

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I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better

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Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

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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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I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

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Reduce your humanity through what Jules Feiffer called little murders. The minute I hear someone trying to demean me, I know that that person means to have my life. And I will not give it to them. When a person commits these little murders, and then you catch him or her at it, he or she might say, "Oh, I didn't mean it." But make no mistake: It is an assassination attempt.

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Rainbows are people whose lives are bright, shining examples for others.

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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.

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