"The plague of racism is insidious, entering into……" — Maya Angelou
"The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams."
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760 Quotes by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has 760 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power…
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War and famine would not do. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that…
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Someone once told me that children are like kites. You struggle just to get them in the air; they crash;…
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Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you could get airborne and be weightless.…
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There are airmen and there are pilots: the first being part bird whose view from aloft is normal and comfortable,…
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We all yearn to fly. We are creatures of longing. We do not need to [physically fly] to be airborne.…
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I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a…
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One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on…
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During the writer's strike I was walking a line and ran into Jack Black and he said,'We're doing Airborne 2!',…
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I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those…
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If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad…
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You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.
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