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Maya Angelou Inspirational Quotes (571)

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I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.
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I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people - one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion's den. You can't just play around with all those big cats - you've got to take somebody on.
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In a long meter hymn, a singer - they call it 'lays out a line.' And then the whole church joins in in repeating that line. And they form a wall of harmony so tight, you can't wedge a pin between it.
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Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
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You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.
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At our best, we are all teachers
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Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
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Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?
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I wouldn't trade anything for my story now.
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One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.
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You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come.
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Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard to read. It doesn't give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.
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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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We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.
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Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
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I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.
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I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.
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I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
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The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.
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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, Can I be of help?
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It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.
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You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!
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