Maya Angelou Quotes

I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DreamsMeFlyCareTake CareFence

It's cool that people like what I do, but I don't work for the audience.

Jhonen Vasquez

WorkPeopleCoolAudienceLike

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

Jo Brand

LifeI AmThinkYouPersonWrite

Gossiping and squawking for no reason is really pointless.

Jenna Morasca

ReasonPointlessNo ReasonReally

We need a comprehensive focus on infrastructure that supports not just transportation but also broadband, education, healthcare, and our environment.

John Hickenlooper

EducationFocusHealthcareNeedJust

My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again.

John T. Chambers

MistakesMovingProcessSlowFast

Even rock stars are entitled to privacy.

Michael Novak

StarsPrivacyRockEvenEntitled

What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space.

Johnny Flynn

FriendshipSpaceBornNobodyNice

The unfolding migratory crisis has become one of the most acute challenges facing the international community. Millions of lives are at stake. All of us have a responsibility to act. Collectively, we need to find solutions.

Arancha Gonzalez

CommunityResponsibilityChallenges

All I've ever wanted is to be normal.

Ariel Winter

NormalWantedEver

As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them.

Syd

PeopleRandomEnjoyOpenFarReally

I'll miss everything about Palermo. The people always made me feel at home; it will be impossible to forget my experiences there. Palermo made me become a man.

Paulo Dybala

HomeManPeopleMeImpossibleFeel

I love David Bohm. I started to get into speculative realism because I started reading his work.

Timothy Morton

WorkLoveReadingRealismStarted

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