Maya Angelou Quotes
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
Zach Anner -
It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
Olivia Wilde -
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
Malala Yousafzai -
What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
Ian Hacking -
The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
F. L. Lucas -
I tried theatre. I played Miss Hannigan for a short run of Annie at a regional theatre. That was fun. I enjoyed it! I enjoy theatre and have so much respect for theatre actors.
Wanda Sykes
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
Adam Peaty -
After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
Becca Fitzpatrick -
I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
Wayne Newton -
Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
Sam Kean -
You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
Tanya Fischer -
No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.
Ogden Nash
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
Bebe Neuwirth -
Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
Karen Handel -
Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
Barry Bonds -
Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being done in avant-garde territory.
Harmony Korine -
Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
Karen Salmansohn -
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
Sal Albanese
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Our approach at Apple has always been to make products we're proud to own and use ourselves.
Phil Schiller -
I think when you get married, it should be forever. Even though I did get married once and it was annulled. I don't know. For myself, I just want to have kids by the same person and stay with the same person.
Courtney Love -
I normally try to be tranquil on the pitch.
Luis Suarez -
The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.
Malcolm Muggeridge -
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
Steve Jobs -
I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.
Maya Angelou