You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who are given much, much is expected.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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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 believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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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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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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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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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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