Maya Angelou Quotes
The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
Quotes to Explore
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
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As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: 'And that's the way it is.' To me, that encapsulates the newsman's highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them, without regard for the consequences or controversy that may ensue.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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If you help a chicken out of an egg, most of the time that bird will die. If you help a moth out of a cocoon, it'll die because they don't go through that struggle and maturation. I can give you a fish for the day and you'll eat a day, but if I teach you to fish, you'll eat for a lifetime. Maybe even start a business.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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I'm surprised at people who have a passion for Mitt Romney, because he's taken every position there is. I would cast this guy as the president in a heartbeat... but I just cannot believe a word he says.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I have always found it an honor that people have wanted to buy my shirt and an honor that fans turn up to watch the team I am playing in. I have always found that a huge honor.
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In the mind of the public, the word 'planet' carries a significance lacking in other words used to describe planetary bodies... many members of the public assume that alleged 'non-planets' cease to be interesting enough to warrant scientific exploration.
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The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
