Maya Angelou Quotes

I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

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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I did an internship at the Ardent theatre company in Philly after dropping out of college. I was earning $165 a week building sets and cleaning the toilets. Cleaning toilets is a good way of getting in touch with your creativity. That's when you find out if you got anything going on in your head.

Jill Scott

GoodCreativityCollegeTheatreYou

These days, we have a million things to do and usually one day to do them in.

Jenna Morasca

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It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the past and we cannot be sure that they will not be so in the future.

John Desmond Bernal

FuturePastThoughtPresentWill

If machines do everything well, including allocating capital and resources efficiently, can that be deflationary, can that eliminate poverty? I don't know. It's hard to be very optimistic if you look at how humans have behaved historically.

Stanley Druckenmiller

PovertyYouLookKnowHardWell

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.

Tommy Chong

WorkMeKnowActivismMaySomebody

People have a right to be able to bear arms.

Mitt Romney

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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Louisa May Alcott

PowerGreatTalentGeniusLongWill

In football, the only game I know is the 90-minutes game. It's not mind games; I don't try to do that.

Jose Mourinho

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Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

Donald Trump

GoodBestExperienceMeBetterYou

The parents of teenagers would love to have a car that won't go very far or go very fast. They could just cruise around the neighborhood, drive it to school, see their friends, plug it in overnight.

Clayton M. Christensen

LoveCarSchoolParentsDriveFast

Having lost both my parents as a teenager, family is so important to me, and I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. I have four children, and they all became lawyers - as I was myself before I got into music.

Clive Davis

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There is no bullet-proof vest in my size.

Ariel Sharon

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