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Maya Angelou has 789 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you…
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and…
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything…
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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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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school,…
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw…
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice…
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words,…
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Can the magic of flight ever be carried by words? I think not.
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On the last album, I didn't want to disturb the melody with too many stories. This time, I wanted to know if…
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Poetry, I'm often told, is something made of words. I think it really goes the other way around: words are made of…
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I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.
— Chelsea Clinton
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I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in…
— Gunter Grass
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Wars should be fought with words, not bombs, not weapons. And calm words. I think that wars should be fought over a…
— Mattie Stepanek
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I don't think you can bury words. I think the more you try to dismiss them, the more power you give to…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of…
— Isaac Asimov
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He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was…
— Jon Krakauer
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I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My…
— Jodi Picoult
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I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page.…
— Gaston Bachelard
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