Maya Angelou Quotes
I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.Maya Angelou
Quotes to Explore
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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
W. H. Auden -
Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.
Jackson Browne -
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
W. Clement Stone -
I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
Dan Fogler -
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
Rachel McAdams -
I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. King
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
Gary Lineker -
You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
Pablo Sandoval -
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
Harry Browne -
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
Samuel Butler -
Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
Canelo Alvarez -
Everybody has done something about Marco Polo. It's the tiredest, most trite and worked-over subject in the world, and that was why it appealed to me, because I wanted to do something really new and different about something that had been worked over all these centuries, and I think I did.
Gary Jennings
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
Yasmine Al Masri -
We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
Wang Shi -
There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
Ian Mckellen -
My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.
Kajol -
As an entrepreneur and mother, I support the need to put women at the center, recognizing their crucial impact on social development and their important role of balancing family and professional responsibilities.
Yelena Baturina
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Everyone wants to learn the same thing from painful situations: how to avoid repeating them.
Gary Zukav -
I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now.
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees -
We're surrounded by violence, and we see so much of it on TV, especially the news programs. We almost become numb. And that forces filmmakers to try to outdo themselves... They say, 'Look what I can do,' and it becomes like a showoff thing. To me, that's ridiculous. Filmmaking isn't a contest!
Jan de Bont -
We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.
Haider al-Abadi -
We care about our bands, the quality of music and the metal fans more than anyone else!
Joey DeMaio Manowar -
I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.
Maya Angelou