You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
MAYA ANGELOUIf one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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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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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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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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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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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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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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