“Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.”
― Maya Angelou
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“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
― Maya Angelou
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”
― Maya Angelou
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“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”
― Maya Angelou
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“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
― Maya Angelou
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“I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.”
― Maya Angelou
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“The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...”
― Maya Angelou
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“The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?”
― Maya Angelou
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“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
― Maya Angelou
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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.”
― Maya Angelou
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“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Maya Angelou
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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou
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“We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.”
― Maya Angelou
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“When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.”
― Maya Angelou
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“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.”
― Maya Angelou
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
― Maya Angelou
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“He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.”
― Maya Angelou
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“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
― Maya Angelou
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“I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.”
― Maya Angelou
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“I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?”
― Maya Angelou
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