Maya Angelou Quotes
At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.
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You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
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Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.
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There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?
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We moved from the East coast to the town of Spokane, Washington, when I was about 13 years old, and I did not adapt very well to the, to the style of the place, and I spent most of my time in the public library.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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I'm not a very fast-paced person.
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I wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.
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I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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The day after I had my licence to drive, I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?
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The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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No power can be maintained when it is only represented by hypocrites.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.
