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.
MAYA ANGELOUHoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
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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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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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