"My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart."--Maya Angelou
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. |
MAYA ANGELOU "Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. -Maya Angelou, poet (1928-2014) “Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”~Maya Angelou . Once again I am in awe of a powerful talented woman. I could quote her all day! I read her first autobiography (of 7) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) her life up to the age of 17, when it was first published. Her awards are many, as well as more than 50 honorary doctorates. From Wikipedia: She was born...
In a 1995 interview she said: I wrote about my experiences because I thought too many people tell young folks, "I never did anything wrong. Who, Moi? – never I. I have no skeletons in my closet. In fact, I have no closet." They lie like that and then young people find themselves in situations and they think, "Damn I must be a pretty bad guy. My mom or dad never did anything wrong." They can't forgive themselves and go on with their lives. "SHE [ANGELOU] HAD ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN MANY ARTISTS HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN A LIFETIME." (From: Gillespie, Marcia Ann, Rosa Johnson Butler, and Richard A. Long. (2008). Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration. New York: Random House) If you have never heard her in an interview, or reciting one of her poems, you've missed a great vocal performance. She holds our interest with pauses placed critically, and her enunciation has no country.
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...a wonderful choice. I must have been difficult to chose these outstanding women.
ReplyDeleteThey just keep on being noteworthy!
DeleteMaya is one of my favorites, I always love her quotes. Michelle Obama is great too. Take care, have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteMe too, and I thought I'd read her book earlier, but was surprised Caged Bird didn't get published till 69.
DeleteShe was a great talent.
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