Maya Angelou Quotes, Mother Quotes, Exercise Quotes

By no amount of agile exercising of a wistful imagination could my mother have been called lenient. Generous she was; indulgent never. Kind, yes, permissive, never. In her world, people she accepted paddled their own canoes, pulled their own weight, put their own shoulders to their own plows and pushed like hell.

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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

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Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.

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But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.

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I thought if war did not include killing, I'd like to see one every year.

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People will never forget how you made them feel.

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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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You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.

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We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.

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My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.

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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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The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.

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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

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We must infuse our lives with art. Our national leaders must be informed that we want them to use our taxes to support street theatre in order to oppose street gangs. We should have a well-supported regional theatre in order to oppose regionalism and.

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We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.

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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

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On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

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Tell the truth and not the facts.

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