Maya Angelou Quotes, Country Quotes, Real Quotes

We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.

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Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one's bones and cragginess of one's once-silken skin, is this: Do it. By all means, do it.

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We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

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I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.

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Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

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One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

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I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.

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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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In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

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We will sometimes have defeats in life but you can have defeats without being defeated, you could fail without being a failure. When you see failure and defeats as merely part of the process to get to when.

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Poetry is music written for the human voice.

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If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.

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Therefore we pledge to bind ourselves to one another, to embrace our lowliest, to keep company with our loneliest, to educate our illiterate, to feed our starving, to clothe our ragged, to do all good things, knowing that we are more than keepers of our brothers and sisters. We are our brothers and sisters

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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

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Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

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You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!

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I believe that every person is born with talent.

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We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, "Oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away; I rose right where I'd been knocked down." That's how you get to know yourself.

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What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

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