Maya Angelou Quotes
If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.
Quotes to Explore
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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I think my job is to try and be as honest as I can with what is in my mind and how I feel - I think that's what you're supposed to do, if you're a good writer. So I try to do that. I know I do that. I do do that.
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When I was in high school I used to sit by myself in the cafeteria - not necessarily by choice - but I thought it was funny to talk to people that weren't there.
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It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.
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I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.
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If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.
