"Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon."
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"As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them."
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"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."
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"I did what I knew.. when I knew better, I did better"
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"The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken."
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"Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art."
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"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."
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"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."
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"The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled."
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"You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it."
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"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."
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"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."
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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
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"You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything."
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"While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man."
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"I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side."
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"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too."
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"I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back."
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"Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice."
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"I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'."
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