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.
MAYA ANGELOUMy great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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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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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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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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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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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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 don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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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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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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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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