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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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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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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Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.
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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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We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.
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My character in Ted Bundy was unaware of all the murders that were being committed by him, so I kind of tried to keep myself out of it and kind of keep an innocent point of view from it. The hard scenes for me were the sex scenes just because there's like sexual deviance going on and there was stuff that he want her to do and that was really disturbing.
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There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art. When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice.
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The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
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Life is short. No one can guarantee how many days we have here on earth. Hug your loved ones tight and savor every moment.
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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.
