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.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Life
  • Person
  • Needs

• 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.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • Bad
  • Song
  • Beginning

• If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

  

  Victor Borge
  • Person
  • Laughter
  • Reward

• 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.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Important
  • American
  • America

• The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Best
  • Effort
  • Person

• I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Person
  • Thought
  • Expression

• DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.

  

  Fat Joe
  • God
  • Guy
  • Walking

• 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?

  

  Victoria Principal
  • People
  • Life
  • Day

• 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.

  

  Irwin Rose
  • Time
  • Style
  • Library

• I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.

  

  Flume
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Person

• I'm not a very fast-paced person.

  

  Patrick Fugit
  • Person
  • Very
  • Fast-Paced

• I wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Wish
  • Person
  • I Wish

• I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Kind
  • Person
  • Grudges

• I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.

  

  Natasha Little
  • Know
  • Cool
  • Person

• 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.

  

  Jack Lemmon
  • Important
  • Person
  • Luck

• The day after I had my licence to drive, I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Nice
  • Day
  • Made

• The less I talk about being black, the better.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Black
  • Better
  • Talk

• Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Better
  • Talk
  • Irony

• By withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the U.S. cedes power and influence to our rivals. If we retreat on our promises and cede leadership on climate issues, we lose credibility. Further, we lose the ability to hold other countries accountable for a broader range of issues.

  

  Christine Todd Whitman
  • Power
  • Leadership
  • Paris

• If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.

  

  Saunders Teddell
  • Money
  • Thoughts
  • Talk

• I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Way
  • Know
  • Myself

• And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment.

  

  Plato
  • Friendship
  • Youth
  • Intimacy

• The very sight of a teapot puts a smile on the face of most people. One cannot help but think of more serene and genteel times. From a whimsical child's teapot to an elegant English Teapot, to collectible teapots that adorn some homes, they are a subtle reminder of all that is good in this world.

  

  Barbara Roberts
  • Help
  • English
  • Smile

• 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.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Person
  • Paris
  • Talk