Maya Angelou Quotes
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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May the work for the further development of chemical science, which has its strongest roots in this beautiful, strong and hard-working country of Sweden, continue to flourish in the future, for the promotion of culture and the benefit of mankind.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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When you literally build a state of granite, it takes a certain toughness and perseverance as well as a unique blend of community and independence: a culture that also helps spur economic growth.
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I think part of the problem that the Republicans have is that the base has, in many cases, certain litmus test issues on which they are black and white on their thinking.
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You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.
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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
