Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelouwas an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1928
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
When we know better, we do better.
We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.
We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.
We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.
Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.
No not me go find someone else to bring down
The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.
Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.
I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary to confront defeat. It might be necessary, to get over it, all the way through it, and go on. I would teach her to laugh a lot. Laugh a lot at the - and the silliest things and be very, very serious. I'd teach her to love life, I can bet you that.
They who have health have hope; and they who have hope, have everything.
Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.
I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.