Maya Angelou Quotes

Live as though life was created for you.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne once said that easy reading is damn hard writing.

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Every journey begins with a single step.

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There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful.

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If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.

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Out of the huts of history's shame I rise.

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I thought I'm going to die. So why can't I do everything? And what is this idea that I worked all day yesterday, so I'm tired today? I've never believed that.I thought, "Just suppose I could choreograph a ballet." And I did it. Suppose I could teach dance at the theater in Cleveland. And I did it. Suppose I could sing for a living - that I could stop these two jobs as a waitress and a salesperson.

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There is a place in you that you must keep inviolate, a place that you must keep clean. A place where you say to any intruder, "Back up, don't you know I'm a child of God.

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I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

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The dread of futility has been my life-long plague.

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I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

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Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.

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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

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When you know better you do better.

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Living well is an art that can be developed.

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Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.

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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

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I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do.

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