I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
MAYA ANGELOUThe main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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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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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
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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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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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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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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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