Maya Angelou Quotes
The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
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All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.
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Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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As long as there is cash, and the economy is running, all is well. But as a bank, we'll have to test, experiment, try a hundred different things. A few may work, a few may fail, but we have to experiment and try.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I love my sleep.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I moved to Paris for two years, then to London, then New York in 2002. In that time, I also lived in Japan, Italy, Germany - I've been a bit of a gypsy.
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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One of the things I love about 'Idol' besides the drama, the backstories, and the crazy arrangements on popular songs is the auditions, when everyone is full of hope and nerves.
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An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.
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The well-meaning people who talk of education as if it were a substance distributable by coupon in large or small quantities never exhibit any understanding of the truth that you cannot teach anybody anything that he does not want to learn.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
