"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."

Angelou, Maya on Aggression
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"Such as we are made of, such we be."

Shakespeare, William on Destiny
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"It is a wise father that knows his own child."

Shakespeare, William on Fathers
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"They say men are molded out of faults, and for the most, become much more the better; for being a little bad. [Measure For Measure]"

Shakespeare, William on Faults
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"Lord, what fools these mortals be."

Shakespeare, William on Fools and Foolishness
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"The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. [Measure For Measure]"

Shakespeare, William on Fools and Foolishness
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"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."

Shakespeare, William on Friends and Friendship
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"No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity."

Churchill, Winston on Agreement
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

Churchill, Winston on Heroes and Heroism
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"It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right."

Churchill, Winston on Honesty
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"All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity."

Shakespeare, William on Death and Dying
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"I wasted time, and now time doth waste me."

Shakespeare, William on Age and Aging
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"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. [Merchant Of Venice]"

Shakespeare, William on Age and Aging
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"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

Angelou, Maya on Hope
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"I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed."

Angelou, Maya on God
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"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

Angelou, Maya on Anger
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"At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice."

Angelou, Maya on Resignation
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"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning Good morning at total strangers."

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

Angelou, Maya on Action
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"Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives."

Angelou, Maya on Children
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"Parting is such sweet sorrow."

Shakespeare, William on Absence
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"Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all."

Shakespeare, William on Adversity
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"No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism."

Churchill, Winston on Ideals and Idealism
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