Maya Angelou Quotes, Tragedy Quotes, Matter Quotes

Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress.

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I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

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I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves.

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Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.

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There is a world of difference between facts and the truth. You can have so many facts that you don't deal with the truth. You never get to the truth. You have the places where, the people who, the times when, the reasons why, the methods how - blah blah. And never get to the human truth. The human truth is as elusive as the air. And as important as the air.

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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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I've had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I've been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can't control that. Nor would I want to.

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If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.

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Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'

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My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.

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The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labour.

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I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

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Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

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What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end or fall apart. Jobs won't be lost. Kids will not run crazy in one day. Lovers won't stop speaking to you. Husbands and wives are not going to disappear. Just take that one day and think. Don't read. Don't write. No television, no radio, no distractions. Sit down and think. . . . Go sit in a church, or in the park, or take a long walk and think. Call it a healing day.

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Being thankful helps you to be present.People commit errors because they are not present.I would encourage women and men to be present - you'll avoid falling into certain pits.For instance, if you know that a person has just lost his wife or her husband or lover, it's unlikely that you will say something that will hurt that person's feelings if you're truly paying attention. You'll make a sweeter life for yourself and for those around you if you are present.

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

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Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

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Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.

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We have it in us to be splendid.

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Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'

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