Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUYou alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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