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| Dr. Maya Angelou |
Maya Angelou is American prolific writer and
poet. She has six autobiographies, five books of essays,
and several books of poetry to her credit, and has also authored a list of plays,
movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years.
I hope you would like these ten quotes from Maya Angelou. She is a woman I respect and admire. the quotes touches on racism, respect,tolerance etc. and will give you food for thought.
1
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.
2
One isn't necessarily
born with courage, but one is born
with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any
other virtue
with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful,
generous, or honest.
3
Perhaps travel cannot
prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating
that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can
introduce the idea that if we
try and understand each other, we may even
become friends.
4
The
fact that the adult African-American female emerges a
formidable character is
often met with amazement, distaste
and even belligerence. It is
seldom accepted as an inevitable
outcome of the struggle won by
survivors, and deserves respect
if not enthusiastic acceptance.
5
For Africa to me... is
more than a glamorous fact.
It is a historical truth. No man can know
where he
is going unless he knows exactly where he has been
and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
6
I believe we are still
so innocent. The species are
still so innocent
that a person who is apt to be murdered
believes that
the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench
on his throat, will have
enough compassion to give him one
sweet cup of water.
7
Self-pity in its early
stages is as snug as a feather mattress.
Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
8
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.
9
If you don't like
something, change it.
If you can't change it,
change your attitude.
10
My life has been one
great big joke, a dance that's
walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so
hard I almost
choke when I think about myself.
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