Maya Angelou Quotes

Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Jean-Paul Sartre

FreedomYouDoneBeen

It's a unique fraternity to be a standup. I think everybody understands, you know, opportunity, and everybody - especially at the top - are genuinely rooting for you.

Michael Che

OpportunityThinkYouUniqueKnow

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Sidney Sheldon

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And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

Steve Yzerman

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We need a world class institution which will create leaders out of the children who have not had a good start in life.

Shiv Nadar

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It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there's a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.

Shreya Ghoshal

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In 2005, I got an email from Belarus Free Theatre. They were emailing playwrights in America and England announcing their existence and saying they would like support from us. I wrote back and asked if they wanted us to visit. They said, 'Yes, we'd love that.'

Tom Stoppard

LoveSupportTheatreFreeSaying

Over and over, nature shows that it's a really tough adversary. That's why it's important that we invest in laboratories, disease detectives, research, mosquito control, the public health system around the world to find, stop, track, prevent health threats.

Tom Frieden

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I could have had a session of defecography, which is a diagnostic test in which X-rays are taken to assess anatomical problems occurring during the process of defecation. I gave it the briefest of thoughts before recognizing that this is beyond the pale - even for me.

Mary Roach

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I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really.

Michelle Dockery

Keep GoingCareerWantKeepGoing

I am much more intelligent than you think.

Lord Mountbatten

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I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

Bob Iger

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