We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
MAYA ANGELOUSuccess is loving life and daring to live it.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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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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The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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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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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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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 believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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