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Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
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“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good f...
“There were people who went to sleep last night,poor and rich and white and black,but they will never wake again.And tho...
“I sustain myself with the love of family.”
“It’s the fire in my eyes,And the flash of my teeth,The swing in my waist,And the joy in my feet.I’m a womanPhenomenally...
“Don't let the man bring you down.”
“What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it migh...
“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think a...
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”
“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept...
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and...
“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.”
“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consisten...
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturi...
“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, try...
“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”
“I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my...
“It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and e...
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of "You may not control all ...
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. ”
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to o...
“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, fam...
“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.”
“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”
