Maya Angelou Quotes

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodFriendMotherI AmSister

When I first started Lion Babe, I wore a lot of denim to perform in because I had a limited closet. A lot of the time, I was in cutoff shorts - either dark or light denim - and then I would pair them with whatever top I had.

Jillian Hervey

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The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's like you use the ingredients, and you use your life experiences that you have.

Joe Bonamassa

LifeFoodEnvironmentYouKnowWay

My opportunity to design school choice systems began in 2003 with a phone call from Jeremy Lack at the New York City Department of Education. He knew of my work on the medical match and wondered if similar efforts might help reorganize the dysfunctional, congested system then used to match students to high schools.

Alvin E. Roth

WorkEducationOpportunityMedical

All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.

Robert D. Hare

GoodHeartWorldReadingYouPlay

I believe we should celebrate new possibilities of combining the printed codex with electronic technology... The information ecology is getting richer, not thinner.

Robert Darnton

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Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Nothing looks as great on videotape as Hollywood after a rain.

Robin Leach

GreatRainLooksHollywoodNothing

Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it.

Judith Viorst

LoveLove IsYouLustDesireWant

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.

Don Henley

ToolsYouSoundPlasticDrumPhony

I go to the gym rather early with a workout pal. I get there at 7, or a little before, and do weights and a little cardio for an hour, five days a week.

Johnny Mathis

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My sisters and my mom, those people help me get through every single day.

Demi Lovato

DayPeopleMeMomHelpSingle

I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.

Brittany Murphy

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