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"I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it."

-- Maya Angelou

"I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it."

-- Maya Angelou

"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to sacrifice for it."

-- Maya Angelou

"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to sacrifice for it."

-- Maya Angelou

"There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it."

-- Maya Angelou

"There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it."

-- Maya Angelou

"It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody."

-- Maya Angelou

"It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody."

-- Maya Angelou

"All great achievements require time."

-- Maya Angelou

"All great achievements require time."

-- Maya Angelou

"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option."

-- Maya Angelou

"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option."

-- Maya Angelou

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love."

-- Maya Angelou

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love."

-- Maya Angelou

"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."

-- Maya Angelou

"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."

-- Maya Angelou

"Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman."

-- Maya Angelou

"Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman."

-- Maya Angelou

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."

-- Maya Angelou

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."

-- Maya Angelou

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

-- Maya Angelou

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

-- Maya Angelou

"Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant."

-- Maya Angelou

"Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant."

-- Maya Angelou

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."

-- Maya Angelou

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."

-- Maya Angelou

"Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God."

-- Maya Angelou

"Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God."

-- Maya Angelou

"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

-- Maya Angelou

"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

-- Maya Angelou

"Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it."

-- Maya Angelou

"Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it."

-- Maya Angelou

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

-- Maya Angelou

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

-- Maya Angelou

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

-- Maya Angelou

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

-- Maya Angelou

"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer."

-- Maya Angelou

"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer."

-- Maya Angelou

"Nothing will work unless you do."

-- Maya Angelou

"Nothing will work unless you do."

-- Maya Angelou

"Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time."

-- Maya Angelou

"Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time."

-- Maya Angelou

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

-- Maya Angelou

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

-- Maya Angelou

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

-- Maya Angelou

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

-- Maya Angelou

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

-- Maya Angelou

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

-- Maya Angelou