Maya Angelou Quotes
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.
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I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.
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Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families.
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There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
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My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.
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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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What was she thinking? Tarnished Silver? Brother. He probably practiced that smoldering look in the mirror so all women within a mile would fall over like nine pins when he smiled. Well, count her out. He was mouthwatering to look at, but so was cheesecake, and cheesecake was a heck of a lot safer.
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Our crew guys, it's amazing what they have to go through to make a show happen every night.
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Once in the 1930s, the Inland Revenue did an investigation into Yeats's tax returns because they could not believe someone so famous could have such small sales. One should never allow oneself to be discouraged by small sales. As Pinter says, I stuck to my guns.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
