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"Powerful words harmonize heart and mind as if a symphony."
"At the beginning was The Word. Today I see That in great quotes."
"The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless."
Explore more quotes by 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."
"The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power.The fact that the adult American Negro 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 admiration."
"Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society where wealth is adored and sought after at all costs, female in an environment where only large ships and some engines are described favourably by using the female pronoun-how did I get to be Maya Angelou?"
"That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home."
"I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use."
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."
"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."
"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."
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