"I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life."

-- Maya Angelou

#Wise Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Bored Quotes

“The secret is to believe in your dreams; in your potential that you can be like your star, keep searching, keep believing and donâ€™t lose faith in yourself.”
“I guess we have the press to thank for pushing us to see something we didn't see!”
“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.”
“What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.”

Source : "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.
“I always get so excited cooking chicken wings.”
“for me the novel is a social vehicle, it reflects society.”
“There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force”

Source : "John Keegan: Soldiers and Pacifists Share the Same Qualities" by Russ Wellen, fpif.org. February 13, 2013.
“It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts.”

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