Maya Angelou Quotes

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Often, in horror films, the single most effective device for building a sense of scariness is the soundtrack: the clanking of chains, the groaning of off-stage ghouls, the unmistakable sound of a cannibal rustic firing up a chainsaw.

John Lanchester

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The day after Trump was elected, I happened to be home in New York. I went to bed for the day.

Ann Dowd

HomeDayNew YorkBedNewHappened

Gollum is Gollum - though in 'Lord of the Rings' he's 600 years old and in 'The Hobbit' he's 540, so he looks a little bit more handsome.

Andy Serkis

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A man is attractive when he is slightly disturbing like a woman, a woman when she's a little disturbing like a man.

Sonia Rykiel

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Well, I have never, ever Googled myself.

Tom Robbins

MyselfNeverWellEver

Until Mad Season, I didn't have that confidence to write songs, and I really got it, playing with these guys. It meant the world to me.

Mike McCready

ConfidenceMeWorldMadWriteGot

You might think that after 40 years of practice you wouldn't need to practice anymore, but sadly it doesn't work that way. You still have to keep chugging away and perfecting.

Joshua Bell

WorkPracticeThinkYouWayNeed

Hillary Clinton, because she's the Democrats' presumptive 2016 front-runner, has become the target du jour. Frankly, I don't know how public figures get through it.

Donna Brazile

TargetKnowBecomeSheDemocrats

I looked like an alien, and in front of the most beautiful people on TV.

Christine Taylor

BeautifulPeopleAlienMost Beautiful

During last night's debate, John Kerry and John Edwards were so friendly to each other some political experts think that they may end up running together. In fact Kerry and Edwards were so friendly, President Bush accused them of planning a gay marriage.

Conan O'Brien

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Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed. They want to be missed the day they don't show up. They want to be missed when they're gone.

Seth Godin

DayPeopleYouKnowWantMissed

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

Scott Eastwood

WaitNeverUnderstoodJustWho

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