When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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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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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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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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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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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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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
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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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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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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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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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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.
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