Maya Angelou Quotes

You can't get too high for somebody to bring you down.

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The black kids, the poor white kids, Spanish-speaking kids, and Asian kids in the US - in the face of everything to the contrary, they still bop and bump, shout and go to school somehow. Their optimism gives me hope.

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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

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Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.

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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.

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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.

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I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

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Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

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I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

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While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

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I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

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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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Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.

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Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

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We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

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Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.

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

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I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday and pretend to have some sanity.

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