Maya Angelou Quotes

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CourageMirrorLightUnderstanding

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

Jennifer Egan

BestMeBlindMessyFirstLine

I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether it has to do with mental health, whether it has to do with the social decline of our young people and some of the things that they are exposed to, whether it has to do with the firearms and guns.

Ann Wagner

HealthPeopleThinkMental Health

Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic.

Michael Berryman

EyesFlatteryClassicImitation

I don't like posh hotels. I like small, eclectic hotels, and luxury for me would mean really good company with good food in a really funky, beautiful house in the middle of a field where someone came and serviced the place for us.

Amanda Donohoe

GoodBeautifulFoodGood FoodMe

I believe all of my talents come from the Lord. All of my talents are God-given - that's how I was able to write music without any professional musical training.

Stan Freberg

MusicTrainingBelieveProfessional

After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories.

Ron Chernow

GreatHeroWashingtonYearsBecoming

I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.

Ron White

GoodSmallBadBigRatherThan

It's been a bit sad to see that out of Linux distributions, it was Android - the most successful mobile Linux distribution - that has really introduced the malware problem to the Linux world.

Mikko Hypponen

SadWorldProblemSeeOutLinux

How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

LoveTimeMenWorldGoodnessSame

I like old rockabilly style. I always wear denim on denim with suspenders and slicked back hair.

Sung Jin Park

StyleHairBackOldAlwaysWear

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

Richard Linklater

AgeAlwaysBeingBeing Lied ToLied

People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.

Richard Donner

GreatPeopleYouSayNeverAlways

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