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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I grew up on a wide range of stuff. OutKast, they been around for over 20 years, and some of the L.A. cats like Defari, Dilated Peoples and Likwit Crew. I was always going to these shows and catching the KRS-One tennis ball, as he would throw those out, EPMD. I could go on and on.
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I've rewritten a lot of the scripts I've done. 'Little Shop Of Horrors' was a complete rewrite, but I didn't touch the dialogue. Essentially, I'm a very good editor.
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My earliest memories were on the cattle stations up in the Outback. And then we moved back to Melbourne and then back out there and then back again. Probably my most vivid memories were up there in Bulman with crocodiles and buffalo.
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I'm enormously sympathetic to talented people who have few roles to choose from.
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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.
