Maya Angelou Quotes

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

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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I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed.

Jiang Wen

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If I knew what makes a movie catch on then I'd make hit after hit.

Jerry Bruckheimer

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I'd been watching documentaries about early rock where white artists took 'race records' from blues and soul musicians to achieve mass appeal. I wanted to flip that and do an EP covering only white artists.

Anderson Paak

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When I got inaugurated in 2010, OneRepublic donated their time and played for the inauguration. And my stepfather, who is 86, came out. He usually goes to bed at eight o'clock, but he stayed for the entire concert. It was awesome.

John Hickenlooper

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When you're looking for a sketchbook, you've got to find the right paper for the pens you like to use. I like to draw on both sides of the page.

Jeffrey Brown

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Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.

Robin Williams

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I love therapy. I swear by therapy. I couldn't exist without therapy.

Ruby Rose

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The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Nobody knows this, but the first actual purchase, after I signed my deal and called my bank account and heard how much money was in there - 'cause I was so broke and hungry - was Taco Bell.

Logic

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Analysts estimate that emerging markets are expected to drive 90 percent of the world's pharmaceutical market growth, and differentiated products will be important to this growth.

Dilip Shanghvi

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My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

Denzel Washington

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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.

Desmond Dekker

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