Quote by Maya Angelou
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its pl

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. – Maya Angelou

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Ive learned that you shouldnt go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou

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Learning
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to Gods will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed. – Maya Angelou

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A great part of life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. – Benjamin Franklin

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Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? – Henry David Thoreau

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Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. – Juliette Binoche

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The more you observe politics, the more youve got to admit that each party is worse than the other. – Will Rogers

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I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, Ive wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written. – James Rollins

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My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. Shes a professor in Boston, and shes been teaching womens studies for 30 years and international politics. – Eliza Dushku

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