Maya Angelou Quotes
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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I feel that people should have a license to have children, that they have proper education how to raise children. And that nobody should be allowed to be a parent unless they can prove that they are competent enough to be a parent.
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As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.
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I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years.
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I thank the Almighty for the most wonderful 18 years. Far, far, too short a time.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
