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Maya Angelou Inspirational Quotes (571)

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The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.
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Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.
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In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.
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Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.
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I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.
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To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents.
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Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.
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The truth is you never can leave home. You take it with you everywhere you go. It's under your skin. It moves the tongue or slows it, colors the thinking, impedes upon the logic.
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If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.
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When we know better, we do better.
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I've had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I've been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can't control that. Nor would I want to.
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Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.
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To be angry is very good. It burns out things and leaves nutrients in the soil. You should always be ready to be angry at injustice and cruelty.
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Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
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We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.
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It's wonderful that whenever Patsy Cline's name is mentioned, people's voices fall and they become right sentimental. And, rightly so.
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I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
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I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.
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The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.
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Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.
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Tell the truth and not the facts.
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I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.
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