Maya Angelou Quotes
I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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With the juice, I try to put a lot of different kinds of vegetables in there like zucchini, kale and broccoli. It looks scary, but it's so good for your body, and I just love the taste of it. It's so fresh; I love it!
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
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I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.
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Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
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I feel that, at this point in my career, I don't want to do another television show. I don't want to do a film.
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My witness is the empty sky.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.
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Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
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With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
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I loved experiencing city life in New York.
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When you stop thinking about something, the idea comes to you. It seems to work.
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Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries, but in the United States, for some reason, the State is organized differently, there is quite a stringent presidential republic.
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The greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library.
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Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.
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I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.
