Maya Angelou Quotes

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeGrowing UpSomeoneLongGrowing

I am of Irish, Italian, and French Canadian descent.

Joanna Going

I AmIrishItalianFrenchCanadian

I was an emotional basket case.

Jennifer Capriati

EmotionalBasketCase

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

John Milius

LovedCriticsOutStartedSomething

When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great.

Matthew Lewis

GreatHeroManActionBondYou

I took Japanese in high school. I'm Chinese, though, and I just fell in love with the language and the culture.

Matthew Moy

LoveCultureSchoolHigh SchoolHigh

You used to defend your musical values to the hilt, but now if something isn't working, you just hop to another band. My youngest daughter went from Justin Bieber to the Jonas Brothers to Joy Division in the space of a few months!

Stephen Morris

DaughterJoySpaceYouValuesNow

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

Tom DeLonge

LoveMusicExperiencePoliceCrazy

I know some people see it as this success when the book is finally made into a movie - that marks its success. I don't see it that way.

Robin Hobb

SuccessPeopleBookKnowWaySee

To create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments.

Martin O'Malley

CreateEconomyModernInvestments

When meetings are the norm - the first resort, the go-to tool to discuss, debate, and solve every problem - they no longer work.

Jason Fried

WorkMeetingsProblemDebateFirst

I do not wish to share any parenting responsibilities with Michael because he is doing so well without me.

Debbie Rowe

ParentingMeWishDoingWithoutHe

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

Bob Riley

WomenLiveFreedomMenSometimesUs

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