Maya Angelou Quotes

If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BestWorldWorthKindWayTalk

That the sea is one of the most beautiful and magnificent sights in Nature, all admit.

John Joly

NatureSeaBeautifulAdmitSights

I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing. So I put out what I want to get back.

Megan Fox

LiveKarmaBackWantTryReal

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

Socrates

CourageManEnemyRunAgainstPost

It's tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost.

Tom Rath

WorkSacrificeSleepWeekBadMore

The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. 'You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor,' he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.

Michele Lee

FatherMotherJobWordsRejection

People crave community, more efficient living, and easier access to the places they want to go.

Logan Green

CommunityPeopleGoWantLiving

There's so many ways to play a bad guy, and usually people choose the obvious one.

Jason Statham

PeopleChooseBadPlayBad GuyGuy

The generation that I'm in is extremely talented, and those that are still in school, my peers that are my age that will be out here really soon, you guys will see, will make a pretty easy transition on the PGA Tour. I don't think they will have a problem at all. The game is getting younger, and the game is getting better.

Jordan Spieth

AgeSchoolGameThinkBetterYou

I find the whole feminist thing very boring. They are so much on the defensive that they dare not love a man because they feel assaulted by being dependent.

Diana Rigg

LoveManFeelFindDareBoring

I prefer to have longevity. I like as great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to challenge myself as an actor - and at the same time support my family.

Bradford Dillman

FamilyCharacterGreatTimeMyself

At each moment, a poem might grow into a totally different shape. It is not so much like working in a garden. It is more as if you remade the garden every day.

Alice Oswald

MomentDayGrowYouEvery DayMore

I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work.

Todd Barry

WorkTimeYouFlexibilityAsking

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