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.
MAYA ANGELOUHoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
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All great achievements require time.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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