Maya Angelou Quotes
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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There's nothing fun about 30 people standing around watching you, like, pretend to pleasure someone. Nothing enjoyable about it, believe me.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I know the consequences of my decisions. I've said no to the biggest of brands. So when I say no to something, I know how much business I will lose out on.
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Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
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Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.
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At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.
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I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including spacesuits and spacecraft comfort assuring systems, were designed mostly by men and for men.
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It may be that just as tonality recurs in music and realism in painting, so the idea of liberalism recurs in politics-though each time in a different vein.
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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
