Maya Angelou Quotes, Clever Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.

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Through the centuries, we faced down death by daring to hope.

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All riddles are blues, / And all blues are sad, / And I'm only mentioning / Some blues I've had.

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We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

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If you happen to fall in love with someone in another race, it's more difficult, because you have to translate yourself.

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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

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I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

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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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I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: If somebody puts you on a road and you don't feel comfortable on it and you look ahead and you don't like the destination and you look behind and you don't want to return to that place, step off the road.

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The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

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I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.

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

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When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.

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If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your children, you're in their lives all the time. Leave them alone! Let them grow and make some mistakes. Tell them, "You can come home. My arms are here - and my mouth is too." When you really love them, you don't want to possess them. You don't say, "I love you and I want you here with me."

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Raising kids is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

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Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

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And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.

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I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it. That's how you get to know who you are.

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