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Young Quotes by Maya Angelou
- It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
- There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
- The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.
- I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.
- Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine…
- Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister…
- When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain…
- I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you.
- The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.
- Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take the punishment meted…
- A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing…
- I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
- I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and…
More Young Quotes
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- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.… — Neil Armstrong
- I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was… — Bella Abzug
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
- You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. — Margaret Atwood
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood