Maya Angelou Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Use Quotes

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

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I wouldn't trade anything for my story now.

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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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My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.

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Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

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jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.

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We are here to love each other. That is why you are alive. That is what life is for.

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When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'

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Inscribed on the temple of Apollo

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I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.

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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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Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come.

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Number of things happen after I was 50. One, you are hopefully secure in what you want to do - which means that you don't spend a lot of time chewing on your knuckles about your reason for being here.Also, you're at your most beautiful. No woman is ever more beautiful than she is at 50.

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Nobody can enjoy unless we all enjoy, truly enjoy.

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Find something you like, go into a room, close the door and read it aloud. Read it aloud. Everybody in the world who likes dance can see dance, or hear music, or see art, or admire architecture - but everybody in the world uses words who is not a recluse or mute. But the writer has to take these most common things, more common than musical notes or dance positions, a writer has to take some adverbs, and verbs and nouns and ball them up together and make them bounce.

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To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents.

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I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

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A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

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Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

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