Maya Angelou Quotes
I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.
Quotes to Explore
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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There is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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My books have contradictions all the time - and people are fine with that.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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The lesson that people can't give me what they don't have, and if there's anything I took from it, it was: okay, I don't really expect anyone to hand me anything. There's going to be me and the world.
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Newspapers should have no friends.
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My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
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There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back.
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I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination.
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I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.
