Maya Angelou Quotes

I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfMomentEnoughI CanSerious

I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television.

Megalyn Echikunwoke

WomenWomanSmartI AmStrongThink

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

John Madden

TimeYouBackNewTestFirst

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art.

Michael Connelly

ArtQualitySaidRedemptionAnything

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

Sun Tzu

YourselfYouEnemyIgnorantYour

I definitely don't need therapy in life because I have gone through every little corner of my life.

Joy Mangano

LifeMy LifeTherapyNeedGone

In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts - there's great benefits to that, deep thinking like that after many hours, but there's also tremendous loneliness. You burn out. You want to run, jump, ski, do anything. So at age 30, I was finished.

Diana Nyad

AgeGreatLonelinessWaterOcean

I had told my agents that I didn't want to do television. I can't believe I had that gall, looking back on it. I would never condescend to do TV, and then 'Taxi' called up for a guest spot in the first season. And my common sense kind of took over, I guess.

Christopher Lloyd

Looking BackLookingBelieveBack

I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts. I've tended to play eccentrics. I've played a lot of villains, of course.

Christopher Walken

PlayActorNeverGuyGetBeen

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

Brian Eno

LiveMoving OnPastMindTryingNew

You shouldn't be trying to create a system where no bank fails, but you should be creating one that catches a bank and allows it to fail without impacting the financial markets.

Bob Diamond

FinancialTryingYouCreateCreating

Where I'm from, we don't do the kiss-on-the-cheek thing. Sometimes we can feel a bit awkward in England. Someone needs to let me know what the rules are because I don't want to be rude. I need a little more etiquette coaching.

Brittany Howard

MeFeelSomeoneRulesSometimes

In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?

Bruce Forsyth

MindTelevisionWrongEverythingToo

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