Maya Angelou Quotes

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyGoodMeBrainBlessedRight

In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree giveaways, neighborhood cleanups to self-defense clinics for women - going where people are instead of asking them to come to me. It's how I learned about their struggles and how legislative decisions affected their lives.

Jimmy Gomez

WomenBirdTreePeopleMeDecisions

I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice.

Andrew Dost

AnimalVoiceThinkYouFindFollow

I don't care what hours you work. I don't care if you sleep late or if you pick a child up from school in the afternoon. It's all about your output.

Matt Mullenweg

WorkSleepSchoolChildCareYou

When people think about CNN today, they think about our television coverage, politics, and Donald Trump. And I get it; I'm not suggesting that's wrong. But I think there is a much bigger story going on at CNN.

Jeff Zucker

TodayPoliticsPeopleStoryThink

Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.

Jeffrey Jones

ChangeTimeMeWorldPolitical

You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

SpeakYouNationCannotMandate

Molecular chemistry, the chemistry of the covalent bond, is concerned with uncovering and mastering the rules that govern the structures, properties and transformations of molecular species.

Jean-Marie Lehn

BondRulesChemistryGovernSpecies

In journalism, as in politics, other people's lives are a currency to be bartered on behalf of notoriety and influence.

Steve Erickson

PoliticsPeopleInfluenceJournalism

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.

Steve Vai

MusicListeningAmericanTryBig

ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

Rupert Murdoch

GoodGoldNewsFoxBiggerMine

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

Jonathan Swift

StyleWordsTruePlacesDefinition

The girls, like, in we'll say Hooters, have less clothing than the girls I worked with in those days. We thought it was wild when they just wore little bells and so forth. But today, in restaurants, some of the waitresses almost work in the nude, you know, to get business.

Don Rickles

WorkBusinessTodayThoughtYouSay

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