Maya Angelou Quotes
In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'
Quotes to Explore
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
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Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.
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Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to understand that everything we think, do or say comes back to us. Every thought, word or action- without exception- manifests itself in some way as an actual reality.
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Your whole childhood is just absent of choices. And then you become an adult, and every choice you make, you open some doors and close others.
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Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
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In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'
