I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
MAYA ANGELOUIt is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
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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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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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All great achievements require time.
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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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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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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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When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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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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