Quote by Maya Angelou
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. – Maya Angelou

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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Dont be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning Good morning at total strangers. – Maya Angelou

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My life has been one great big joke, a dance thats walked a song thats spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. – Maya Angelou

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Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes. – Werner Herzog

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They all matter to me, whether Im working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or Im the star of my own TV series – I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role. – Anthony Michael Hall

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I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do. – Bob McDonnell

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Im so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions. – Bjorn Ulvaeus

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