Maya Angelou Quotes

Love liberates. It doesn't just hold, that's ego. Love liberates.

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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

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It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

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

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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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There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our minds. And mercy, and identity.

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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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Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

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We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

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Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.

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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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It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.

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It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need of my care, 'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

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People will never forget how you made them feel.

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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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All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.

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I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

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I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.

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Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.

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People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.

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