Maya Angelou Quotes
Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!
Quotes to Explore
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I think it's nice to do work that is vaguely compromising to your health because it means you really care about it.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that.
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I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women.
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Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.
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You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA.
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Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.
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I hope that people can relate to my music, it's very relatable, it's very fun, it's very honest. It's very, very, honest. I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics. I'm sure they'll learn about a new side to me, it's all very honest, I don't put on any... there's no fake-ness to it, it's very real and I hope my fans can relate to it and that it's enjoyable for all ages.
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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection.
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The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.
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Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!
