Maya Angelou Quotes
I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.
Quotes to Explore
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
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To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
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I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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The Taliban is resilient.
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I'm pretty serious about what I do.
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I learned to pray out of desperation. For most of us, this is how the adventure usually begins. When we finally get serious about prayer, the trigger is usually desperation, not duty.... We don't pray because we ought, we pray because we are without any other recourse.
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For storytellers, financiers make ideal rogues. The easiest way to make characters unappealing is to make them rich - shorthand for spoiled, picky, superior, and cold-hearted.
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Everybody should be free to love and marry who they want.
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I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.
