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'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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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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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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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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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
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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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My childhood was as conventional as you could get. I think I probably created 'Arcadia' with a certain amount of wishful thinking. I would have loved to have more looseness and freedom and community.
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Donald Trump is out to destroy people's lives, and he's trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we've got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further.
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Politics are the same old thing. We elect people, we put them in office, and guess what they do? They sell us out. They sell us down the river, and we pay for it.
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Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.
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Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
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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.
