Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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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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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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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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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 don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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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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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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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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