Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUBitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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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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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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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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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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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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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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