Maya Angelou - The Heart of a Woman (1981)

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If one is lucky a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

Maya Angelou
If one is lucky, a single fantasy can totally transform a million realities.

Maya Angelou
If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution.

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Her large hips fluttered as if a bird, imprisoned in her pelvis was attempting flight.

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My people had used music to soothe slavery's torment or to propitiate God, or to describe the sweetness of love and the distress of lovelessness, but I knew no race could sing and dance its way to freedom.

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Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

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The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

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Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.

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I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics. I would never again work to make people smile inanely and would take on the responsibility of making them think.

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