Maya Angelou Quotes

I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I learned my lesson early in my career that it's not helpful to go and look at what other people's opinions are.

Jenny Slate

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If I could get a deal on whatever my impulse was, whenever my impulse struck, and it was nearby, I would use that all the time. It would reshape the way that I shop.

Andrew Mason

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God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

Soren Kierkegaard

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This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.

Simon Van Booy

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It's an unhealthy habit to say that life is what you make of it, and if you want to be happy, then you can be happy. That's just rubbish, basically.

Mike Leigh

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The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.

Jonah Lomu

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When you're younger, you have a lot more aggression.

Chino Moreno

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Kneeling on the sea bottom in a place known as Tiger Beach, I watched a 12-foot- long female tiger shark cruise over the turtle grass with three silver bar jacks swimming in front of her nose.

Brian Skerry

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I have such admiration for Whoopi Goldberg as an actress and a general smart person.

Susan Isaacs

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What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar.

Thomas R. Marshall

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The book of Revelation says that we no longer need the sun or the moon, for Christ is the light of the world.

Tim LaHaye

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Why use your natural abilities to make someone feel bad? I just want to be the guy who uses his power to be positive.

Kenny Omega

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