Maya Angelou Quotes
I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala!
Quotes to Explore
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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I'm moving forward to do the best.
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I don't spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free.
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GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.
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Food was always important in my family, but I didn't think of it as a vocation until a later point in life.
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There was a time I was no longer going to be black. I was going to be an 'intellectual.' When I was first looking around for colleges, thinking of colleges I couldn't afford to go to, I was thinking of being a philosopher. I began to understand then that much of my feelings about race were negative.
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Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car.
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I am not a gamer. Not since the days of Atari.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.
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When I was 17, I used to really think about what I wore every day.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing show.
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I am miserable when everything is in order and quiet. Seriously, it's hard for me when I can go home quietly, go to sleep, and get up in the morning without fear and tension.
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Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know.
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Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.
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Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet's teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride.
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You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.
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Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have. It doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, just empties today of its strength.
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The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
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I'm so proud to be Canadian. I've been to 58 countries, and they're wonderful countries, but Canada is the best.
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I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.
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I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.
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I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala!
