Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

"The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight."
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"The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight."
Maya Angelou
"I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U. S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people."
Maya Angelou
"Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more."
Maya Angelou
"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."
Maya Angelou
"The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous."
Maya Angelou
"At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people."
Maya Angelou
"Life loves the liver of it."
Maya Angelou
"Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace."
Maya Angelou
"I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you."
Maya Angelou
"In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me."
Maya Angelou
"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."
Maya Angelou
"My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult."
Maya Angelou
"Whenever something went wrong when I was young - if I had a pimple or if my hair broke - my mom would say, 'Sister mine, I'm going to make you some soup.' And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger."
Maya Angelou
"While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man."
Maya Angelou
"It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody."
Maya Angelou
"The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed."
Maya Angelou
"In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike."
Maya Angelou
"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."
Maya Angelou
"I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side."
Maya Angelou
"All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike."
Maya Angelou
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