You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!
MAYA ANGELOUWhen someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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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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All great achievements require time.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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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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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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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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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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