Tag: Maya Angelou
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In a magazine, one can get – from cover to cover – 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.
Maya Angelou
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I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
Maya Angelou
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My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God – I thank God every time I think of it – I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.
Maya Angelou
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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.’
Maya Angelou
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I write some country music. There’s a song called ‘I Hope You Dance.’ Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it.
Maya Angelou
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I know that I’ve been guided by God. I am obedient.
Maya Angelou
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I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.
Maya Angelou
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There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
Maya Angelou
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Maya Angelou
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I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.
Maya Angelou