Maya Angelou Quotes
I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.
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The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Women are sacred.
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Art class was my thing, but not any other class.
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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what each individual's particular insecurity is goes a long way to fleshing that person out.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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I play until my fingertips are raw. Until I rip a nail and bleed on the strings. Until my hands hurt so bad I forget my heart does.
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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
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I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music in the sense of the way music began as a way of communication, the traveling storyteller, the bard, the minstrels.
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I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.
