Maya Angelou Quotes
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
Aaron Huey -
Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
Dan Shechtman -
I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
Kailash Kher -
The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Those who go along get along.
Sam Snead -
The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
Malcolm X
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'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar to readers.
Patrick deWitt -
We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'
Abraham Lincoln -
We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
Calamity Jane -
Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -
When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
B. B. King -
I think 'method acting' is a widely abused term.
Randeep Hooda
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When I was a Laker Girl, I only danced for three months. We did not get paid that much money, and I was working two jobs at the time. I thought that it would be a little more fun, but it was quite stressful. It's all about your weight, your hair, having the right hair extensions, what to wear, the kind of shoes you wore.
Taylour Paige -
You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
E. V. Lucas -
I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that's part of football. That's like a firefighter knowing he is going to go into a fire at some point. You know you are going to be put in danger's way, and you accept that risk, and you do it.
J. J. Watt -
I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful, as an actor. Sometimes if you look at somebody, you can extrapolate from their exterior what might be happening in their interior. I'm nosy.
Harriet Walter -
I did all my heavy partying before I turned sixteen.
Cameron Diaz -
Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.
Immanuel Kant
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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
Oscar Wilde -
A little bit goes a long way - it's true. And I sure am glad I went such a long, long way to find that out for myself.
AnnaSophia Robb -
If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.
Viswanathan Anand -
Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.
Jose Rizal -
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
Maya Angelou