When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
MAYA ANGELOUMusic was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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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 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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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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I sustain myself with the love of family.
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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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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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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
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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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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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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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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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