Maya Angelou Quotes

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorldHumanityYouBadKnowHuman

Fiction writers tend to err either making people more than they are or less than they are. I'd rather err on the side of the former.

Jim Harrison

PeopleMoreFictionSideRatherErr

I'm an appreciator. I love all kinds of books, and I want others to love them, too.

Michael Dirda

LoveWantOthersKindsTo LoveThem

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

Roger Caras

PlaceOthersMuseumsHistoricalTake

In all of my press junkets for 'Spy Kids,' I was saying that my two favorite actors are Johnny Depp and Steve Carell. And I ended up getting to work with both of them.

Mason Cook

WorkSayingTwoSpyUpKids

Before any investor goes into any country, he is looking for the exit door.

Mo Ibrahim

DoorLookingCountryExitHeBefore

YouTube has made a lot of changes to support time on site - a statistic they care about. But subscriber support is lacking.

Jason Calacanis

TimeSupportCareChangesYouTube

When a man tries to communicate with an animal, there's a relationship between them, and you generally find this between the dog and his master.

David Seltzer

DogRelationshipManAnimalYouHis

Well, I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a prime minister.

Christine Milne

WomenPoliticsThinkAustraliaUp

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Constance Baker Motley

CityInfluenceDeepNewNew Orleans

My boyfriend - Matt Kaplan - is American, so any time I'm unsure of how to say something, I say, 'Hey how do you say this?' and he yells it out.

Claire Holt

TimeAmericanYouSayOutSomething

I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.

Anthony Anderson

FamilyFunnyHouseNobodyLeaveOur

Family dynamics are true over time, across generations and different cultures.

Alice McDermott

FamilyTimeTrueDifferent Cultures

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