Maya Angelou Quotes

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfCreatedMuchTaught

Despite all the hype about local or green food, the single biggest impediment to wider adoption is not research, programs, organizations, or networking. It is the demonizing and criminalizing of virtually all indigenous and heritage-based food practices.

Joel Salatin

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My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be.

Mel Gibson

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I love marriage.

Jeff Bridges

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Nobody gets between me and my microphone.

Sinead O'Connor

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The world's treated me awfully well, and I guess it's crept into my work.

Sloan Wilson

WorkMeWorldWellGuessTreated

When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans.

Mary McCarthy

ManPeopleAmericanSheBuyBeen

I don't remember a lot of the good times from my days with the Truckers.

Jason Isbell

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Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.

Diane Abbott

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At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God.

Alfred Noyes

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A budget matters to people who worry about protecting and saving critical programs like Medicare and Social Security. A budget matters to younger workers who fear that more and more money will be taken from their paychecks to fund another generation's spending spree.

Susan Brooks

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When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV.

Peyton Reed

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I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

Tim O'Brien

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