Maya Angelou Quotes

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveWisdomGreatYouFindWant

People are suspicious of science. They see it as being responsible for problems like the degradation of our climate. There is also a strand in society that says physics is terribly hard.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

SciencePeopleSocietyProblemsSee

I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.

Jessica Hagedorn

ThinkEnoughFeelingPureBeingLot

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

Jerry Brown

ChangePoliticalMovementSocial

I feel uncomfortable when I think about my father listening to my records, because I don't want to hurt him.

John Grant

FatherListeningThinkHurtFeel

My God, I think about way back in the day when we were running around in Mary Janes and Doc Martens, that whole 90210-inspired look. I'm glad that's long gone.

Meghan Markle

GodDayThinkLongLookBack

When I was five, I heard the end of Beethoven's 'Ninth Symphony' with my mother, and I got goosebumps all over my body.

John McLaughlin

MotherEndBodyOverGotFive

What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.

Mike Birbiglia

InterestingMentorGrayShadesMost

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

Chely Wright

PeoplePlayGoWriteBusGet

With 'Battlestar Galactica,' we had such resistance from the fan base to changing it. The upshot was, we ultimately won them over.

Bonnie Hammer

ResistanceOverChangingFanWon

I'm an actor, so sometimes there are moments where I think about everything that's happening and I want to cry. I'm doing what I love and I will be doing it for a very, very long time - and it's amazing. A lot of people don't get to do that.

Ashley Greene

LoveTimePeopleAmazingThinkLong

I am a spacer. It is what and who I am. It is my cause and my life. I am not an enthusiast, a fan, or supporter. It is what I exist to do here on Earth. And there are many of us; some, like Elon Musk, are very high profile.

Rick Tumlinson

LifeI AmMy LifeEarthHighHere

The euro is a potent tool used by Germany to engage in permanent monetary dumping.

Marine Le Pen

EngagePermanentToolUsedPotent

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