Frasi di Maya Angelou

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“Ho imparato che non devi affrontare la vita con dei guantoni da baseball in entrambe le mani; devi essere capace di tirare indietro qualche cosa.”

“Ho imparato che non importa cosa accada, o quanto brutto possa sembrare l'oggi, la vita continua, e sarà meglio domani.”

“Still I'll rise.”

“Laddove esiste una concentrazione del potere in poche mani, troppo frequentemente uomini con la mentalità da gangster prendono il controllo. La storia lo ha dimostrato. Piagnucolare non è solo poco elegante, ma può essere pericoloso. Può avvertire un cattivo che una vittima è nei paraggi.”

“Uno non deve necessariamente nascere coraggioso, ma si nasce con un potenziale. Senza coraggio non possiamo praticare con coerenza nessun altra virtù. Non possiamo essere gentili, sinceri, pietosi, generosi od onesti.”

“Ho imparato che indipendentemente dalla relazione che hai coi tuoi genitori, ti mancheranno quando se ne saranno andati dalla tua vita.”

“La vita ama essere presa per il bavero è sentirsi dire, 'Sono con te, amica. Andiamo'.”

“Tra gli altri benefici, donare libera l'anima del donatore.”

“L'orizzonte si china in avanti, offrendoti spazio per fare un nuovo passo.”

“Se qualcosa non ti piace, cambiala. Se non puoi cambiarla, cambia il tuo atteggiamento. Non lamentarti.”

“Se uno è fortunato, una fantasia solitaria può trasformare completamente un milione di realtà.”

“Ho imparato che ogni volta che ho dei dolori, non devo esserne uno io per gli altri.”

“Il lavoro è qualcosa che rendiamo più grande e che in cambio ci rende più grandi.”

“L'infelicità che deriva dal movimento femminista è che non consente la necessità dell'amore. Non mi importa di appoggiare una rivoluzione dove l'amore non è contemplato.”

“Sono una femminista… Sarebbe stupido non stare dalla mia parte.”

“Il fatto che una donna negra americana mostri un carattere formidabile è spesso accolto con stupore.”

““Ho imparato che le persone dimenticano quello che dici, le persone dimenticano quello che fai, ma non dimenticheranno mai come le hai fatte sentire.”
Maya Angelou”

“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.”

“The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.”

“We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.”

“The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.”

“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.”

“In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.”

“Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?”

“When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep”

“I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.”

“The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.”

“Determine to live life with flair and laughter.”

“You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.”

“If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.”

“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss”

“We are only as blind as we want to be.”

“Life likes to be taken by the lapel and told, "I'm with you kid. Let's go!”

“The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.”

“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.”

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”

“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for”

“If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.”

“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents”

“Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence—neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish—it is an imponderably valuable gift.”

“You dwell in whitened castles
with deep and poisoned moats
and cannot hear the curses
which fill your children's throats.”

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

“There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.”

“I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.”

“In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.”

“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.”