Maya Angelou Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Littles Quotes

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

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

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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.

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The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.

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Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body. Depending upon who has prepared the food and who has served it and with what spirit, it can uplift the - and around the world, in every culture, food is used to flirt, to be coy, a raise in the employment or to search for employment. It can bring warring factions together.

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I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.

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Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.

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The whites were really brutishly ignorant, blitheringly, so they killed people sometimes - just came into the African-American community and maimed people because they didn't agree with God's choice for the colors of the people's skin.

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Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.

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I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.

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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else.

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Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.

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We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world.

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Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'

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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

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One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

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I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

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I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.

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Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.

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Shelter Network's programs and services are a rainbow in the clouds for homeless children and adults.

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