Maya Angelou Quotes
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
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Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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In the U.K., we're surrounded by American accents. Anything we watch in television. We have 'How I Met Your Mother' and all these other shows here, so it's not something that's really alien to us.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
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The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
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As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.
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Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
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People are always asking me to sign my old canvases. It's ridiculous!
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Emotional intelligence is a very important skill set, not just to be happier but also to succeed professionally.
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i am a herd of cats and a drunk shepherd with alzheimer’s all at once. i am the walrus.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
