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Person Quotes by Maya Angelou
- I believe that every person is born with talent.
- Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've…
- Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
- The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
- I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the…
- I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens…
- I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live…
- Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting…
- If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever…
- Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven…
- I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself…
- When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, 'Mine is not…
- And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at least you can have the…
- For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries…
- If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective…
- If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you…
- Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to…
- In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.
- I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a…
- Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.
- In order to be a mentor, and an effective one, one must care. You must care. You don't have to know how many square miles…
- I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
- I had to trust life and believe that life loved the person who dared to live it.
- Life loves the person who dares to live it.
- You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.
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- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe