Maya Angelou Quotes
Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
Maya Angelou
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
Ed Harris
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
Idi Amin
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
Salman Rushdie
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I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!
Lou Holtz
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Why push people away? I love when people come up to me and say they appreciate the work!
Veronica Cartwright
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Good acting should teach people to understand rather than judge.
Peter Finch
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on the creation myth This is a wonderful story that was told to the people in the desert, in order to distract them from the fact that they did not have air conditioning. I would love to have the faith to believe that it took place in seven days, but... I have thoughts. And that can really fuck up the faith thing. Just ask any Catholic priest.
Lewis Black
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Anyway, when I finished the book, I handed it in, didn't want to read it again, but when it finally was in print I felt like OK, I have to read this. And yeah, I thought God, this is petty, this is silly, too emotional, too raw...and maybe it was then, but now it all seems that it's so much better because all the stuff that felt petty and silly now seems more relevant because Andy was so important.
Bob Colacello
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
Maya Angelou