Maya Angelou Quotes

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

Topics

GodBlessingDanceYourselfRainbow

I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.

Jim James

ReadingThinkMagicImportantPlanet

I know how to win big matches.

Angelique Kerber

WinKnowBigHowMatches

People wrote so negatively about me, but generally, the people who are familiar with football know my strengths and abilities.

Mesut Ozil

FootballPeopleMeKnowStrengths

I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era.

Amy Poehler

PeopleLawSurviveComedyEscape

How can you not be affected by disappointments relating to work you love so much?

Amanda Crew

WorkLoveYouDisappointmentsMuch

It's important to me to be in a relationship when I'm in one, but I'm not someone who needs to be in a relationship.

Rufus Sewell

RelationshipMeSomeoneImportant

I'm always going to fight on behalf of my brothers and sisters.

Masi Oka

FightAlwaysGoingBrothersSisters

The capsules of the geranium furnish admirable barometers. Fasten the beard, when fully ripe, upon a stand, and it will twist itself or untwist, according as the air is moist or dry.

Dorothea Dix

BeardStandWillAirDryTwist

Emerging actors know there's a whole lot to learn each time they are spending with someone who's done a lot.

Debra Granik

TimeLearnSomeoneKnowDoneWhole

Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction.

Chris Christie

JanuaryTimeGovernmentPeopleWrong

All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also through other people's support and belief in me.

Clemantine Wamariya

StrengthPerseveranceSupportPeople

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.

Aristide Briand

HistoryJusticeBattleCountryRight

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