The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
MAYA ANGELOUDon’t let the man bring you down.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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 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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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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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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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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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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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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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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