Maya Angelou Quotes, Dream Quotes, Pain Quotes

Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

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Life loves the person who dares to live it.

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Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.

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Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.

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On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin and turn it up real loudly and get a good bottle of chardonnay and sit out on my deck and look out at the garden.

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In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.

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Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size.

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Every journey begins with a single step.

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Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

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When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.

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The future is plump with promise.

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At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

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Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

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A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself

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My hope is that we develop enough courage to develop courage. To try to have, try to learn to treat each other fairly, with generosity and kindness.

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Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

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I'm a positive thinker and actor. I look at a glass; a negative person sees the glass and says: too bad it's half empty... I look at the same glass and say: Hallelujah!! It's half full!!!

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But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

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It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study the Asian American history.

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When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.

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