Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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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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What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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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’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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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!
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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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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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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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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