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Maya Angelou Quotes

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Alone Independent Will Mud Follow

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible.

Joe Slovo

Fruit Process Country Bear Policy

I went into the Navy because I love the ocean, and I am still privileged to have a place that I can go to that's by the water.

John F. Kerry

Love Water Ocean I Am I Can Place

When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.

Andrea Riseborough

Myself Being Myself Comfortable Try

The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.

John Henrik Clarke

Black Pride America Rise Islam Over

Great founders live for chaotic moments.

Steve Blank

Live Great Moments Founders Chaotic

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish.

Stephen Greenblatt

Father Story Long Line Tell Punch

Growing up in New Orleans, when you're in seventh and eighth grade, and you're into music, and you're a dorky dude, you know, you listen to the entire Rush catalog and the entire Zeppelin catalog, and you go through these, like, phases of classic rock.

Steve Zissis

Music Growing Up You Growing Know

Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised.

Steven Seagal

Childhood Thoughts Hardships Result

Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.

Ron Fournier

Evil Explain Rush Inexplicable

Generally speaking, Israeli intelligence did not hunt Nazi war criminals.

Ronen Bergman

Intelligence War Speaking Hunt Did

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

Russell Banks

Community Enough Play Storytelling

I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.

Lisa Marie Presley

Time Thought Say Never Singer Well