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Read Quotes by Maya Angelou
- The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.
- I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'
- I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the…
- Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to…
- I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother,…
- I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and…
- 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…
- 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…
- The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.
- What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end or fall apart.…
- I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and…
- A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took my time to…
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