Maya Angelou Quotes
If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.
Quotes to Explore
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.
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I'm not a sun person.
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I'm not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's not going to work out. Who knows?
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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
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The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
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I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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There's a lot of work to be done in the polling world, and a need to continue to rethink how we do what we do. We also need to be more open to the idea that any one input - in this case, polls - may not be the only way to hear what people are saying.
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Or maybe she decided that an evening with your old tutor would be blisteringly dull and opted for the more exhilarating course of washing her hair instead. Dear me, I know what I would have done. It's only lack of hair that forces me to pursue such a hectic social round these days.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.
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If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.
