Maya Angelou Quotes, Heart Quotes, Reality Quotes

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

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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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Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

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Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody, "Don't do that, baby." And the person will know you're not preaching but teaching.

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I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with that is, I'm convinced that everybody is a child of God. . . . I weep a lot. I thank God I laugh a lot, too. The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

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When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

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The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

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Living well is an art that can be developed.

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Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

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

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Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.

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I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.

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Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.

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They who have health have hope; and they who have hope, have everything.

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The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.

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Poetry helps my soul escape its encasement.

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I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

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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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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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