The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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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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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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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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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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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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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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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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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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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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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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