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Maya Angelou?s 80th Birthday Celebration
2008-05-05 13:48:00 Maya Angelou’s 80th Birthday Celebration went down this weekend at Atlanta’s Symphony Orchestra Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. Stars like Lynn Whitfield, Nicole Ari Parker, Tyler Perry, T.I and Quincy Jones were spotted on the red carpet. Oprah was rumored to be in attendance and had secured a hotel room nearby, but was ...
By: Necole Bitchie
Maya Angelou soul-searching at 80: to be a human being
2008-04-10 19:53:00 “When I was about 12, I guess, I read the statement, I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien to me. The statement is so complex, so simple, Angelou says, quoting the roman playwright Terence. Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto. I have been internalizing that all my life. So if Kobe Abe of ...
Top Ten Quotes: Maya Angelou
2008-03-22 16:28:00 (In honor of Women’s History Month) A legendary poet, one of the great voices of contemporary literature, civil rights activist, author of twelve best-selling books including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, actress, playwright, producer, director, historian, educator, outstanding orator, and Grammy Award winner, Dr. Maya Angelou is the quintessential Renaissance woman. The recipient of more
In other news?
2008-01-29 18:01:00 The only way Britney gets to see her kids these days Kirsten Dunst doesn’t approve of Jake Gyllenhaal’s new relationship Eminem not as obese as previously reported Pete Doherty to open crackhouse for pets Clay Aiken is still a virgin Lindsay Lohan still pounding drinks Matthew McConaughey to beef up for new film role Alessandra Ambrosio does bikini photoshoot while pregnant Tom ...
By: The Jellyfisher
Maya Angelou Backs Hillary Clinton
2007-12-15 01:25:00 Maya Angelou has decided not to back brother Obama but prefers to endorse Hillary Clinton.Angelou is featured in a new South Carolina radio ad for Clinton in which Angelou explains: I am inspired by Hillary Clinton - a daughter, a wife, a mother. My girl.” “Each generation of African-Americans stands on the shoulders of those who ...
Ban books? Ban ideas, ban imagination, ban a future
2007-12-09 00:26:00 To ban a book is to ban an idea. Some ideas are good; some are bad. But good and bad are judgments each of us must be free to make ? and learn to make. At S&R ? as do so many people in diverse media everywhere ? we discuss ideas and express our opinions about them. We try to not suppress the ideas with which we disagree. Rather, we point out what we see as flaws and attempt to persuade others by providing better ideas. The current flap diverting our attention from more pressing matters involves “The Golden Compass,” a movie derived from the first book in a trilogy called ?His Dark Materials? written by Philip Pullman. His novels and the movie (review) have irritated the Catholic Church, which alleges a secularist agenda and fears the film would drive children toward Pullman’s books. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which has published a 23-page denunciation of the film, says: The Catholic League wants Christians to stay away from this movi...
Still I Rise - Maya Angelou
2007-11-06 18:00:00 An inspirational poem for the day - needed this today! You may write me down in historyWith your...
By: Urban Angel
Blog Your Blessings Sunday - Prayer from Maya Angelou
2007-09-09 06:01:00 Father, Mother, God, Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days. For then we have you to lean upon. Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days, for then we can share that which we have with those who have less. And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days, for then we are able to celebrate you ...
A quote from Maya Angelou...
2007-05-27 06:54:00 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 (b. 1928), U.S. author. Address, March 1990, Centenary College of Louisiana. New York Times (March 11, 1990).) More quotations from: Maya Angelou Source: Quotations on / about alone Technorati tags: quotations, quotes, Maya Angelou [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Maya Angelou was interviewed b...
2007-03-18 08:33:00 *In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.**Oprah asked her what she thought of ** **growing older.**And, there on television, she said it was "exciting." Regarding bodychanges, she said there were many, occurring every day...like her breasts.**They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.**The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honestwoman, with so much wisdom in her words!**Maya Angelou said this:**"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, lifedoes go on, and it will be better tomorrow."**"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/shehandles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmastree lights."**"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents,you'll miss them when they're gone from your life."**"I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as "making alife."**"I've learned that life some...
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Maya Angelou
2006-12-02 15:52:14 Maya Angelou (EEUU, 1928- )PoemasMaya Angelou -Touched by an angelMaya Angelou -Phenomenal woman-Maya Angelou -Brave and startling truth-Maya Angelou -Human family-Maya Angelou -Still I rise-
By: Poemas en ingles
Maya Angelou -Touched by an angel
2006-12-02 15:52:14 Touched by an angel Maya Angelou (EEUU, 1928- )We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life.Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain.Yet if we are bold,love strikes away the chains of fearfrom our souls.We are weaned from our timidityIn the flush of love's lightwe dare be braveAnd suddenly we seethat love costs all we areand will ever be.Yet it is only lovewhich sets us free.Tocado por un ángelNosotros, desacostumbrados al corajeexiliados del deleiteviviendo arrollados en caparazones de soledadhasta que el amor sale alto en el santo temploy viene a nuestra vistaa liberarnos dentro de la vida.El amor llegay es un tren de éxtasisviejos recuerdos de placerantiguas historias de dolor.Todavía si somos atrevidos,el amor golpea las cadenas del miedode nuestras almas.Nosotros detestamos nuestra timidezEn el rubor de l...
By: Poemas en ingles
ICONOCLASTS | DAVE CHAPPELLE AND MAYA ANGELOU ON THE SUNDANC
2006-12-01 19:06:07 By Led Black The season finale of The Sundance Channel?s Iconoclasts program promises to be a doozy. Executive Producer, Robert Redford, defines the show as a platform to ?explore the intersection where two great talents meet ? and where creativity comes alive?. The two great talents on tap for the season finale are Dave Chappelle and Maya Angelou. While initially this might seem like an odd pairing, I?m sure that the result will be entertaining as well as enlightening. For more info visit: www.sundancechannel.com
Maya Angelou -Brave and startling truth-
2006-11-28 03:33:02 Brave and startling truth Maya Angelou (EEUU, 1928- ) (...) We, this people on a small and lonely planet Traveling through causal spacePast aloof stars, across the way of indifferent sunsTo a destination where all signs tell usIt is possible and imperative that we discoverA brave and startling truthAnd when we come to itTo the day of peacemakingWhen we release our fingersFrom fists of hostilityAnd alow the pure air to cool our palms When we come to itWhen the curtain falls on the minstrel show of hateAnd faces sooted with scorn are scrubbed cleanWhen battlefields and coliseumNo longer rake our unique and particular sons and daughtersUp with the bruised and bloody grassTo lie in identical plots in foreign landsWhen the rapacious storming of churchesThe screaming racket in the temples have ceasedWhen the pennants are waving gailyWhen the banners of the world trambleStoutly in the good, clean breeze When we come to itWhen we let the rifles fall from our shouldersAnd children dr...
By: Poemas en ingles
Maya Angelou -Phenomenal woman-
2006-05-09 17:00:00 Phenomenal womanMaya Angelou (EEUU, 1928- )Pretty women wonderWhere my secret lies.I'm not cute or builtTo suit a fashion model's sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I'm telling lies.I say,It's in the reach of my arms,The span of my hips,The stride of my step,The curl of my lips.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.I walk into a roomJust as cool as you please,And to a man,The fellows stand orFall down on their knees.Then they swarm around me,A hive of honey bees.I say,It's the fire in my eyes,And the flash of my teeth,The swing in my waist,And the joy in my feet.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.Men themselves have wonderedWhat they see in me.They try so muchBut they can't touchMy inner mystery.When I try to show themThey say they still can't see.I say,It's in the arch of my back,The sun of my smile,The ride of my breasts,The grace of my style.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.Now you understandJust why my head'...
By: Poemas en ingles
Maya Angelou -Human family-
2006-05-09 16:06:00 Human family Maya Angelou (EEUU, 1928- )I note the obvious differencesin the human family.Some of us are serious,some thrive on comedy. Some declare their lives are livedas true profundity,and others claim they really livethe real reality. The variety of our skin tonescan confuse, bemuse, delight,brown and pink and beige and purple,tan and blue and white. I've sailed upon the seven seasand stopped in every land,I've seen the wonders of the worldnot yet one common man. I know ten thousand womencalled Jane and Mary Jane,but I've not seen any twowho really were the same.Mirror twins are differentalthough their features jibe,and lovers think quite different thoughtswhile lying side by side. (...)I note the obvious differencesbetween each sort and type,but we are more alike, my friends,than we are unalike. We are more alike, my friends,than we are unalike. We are more alike, my friends,than we are unalike.La Familia humanaNoto las diferencias obvias en la familia humana.Algunos somos ...
By: Poemas en ingles
Maya Angelou -Still I rise-
2006-05-09 15:55:00 Still I riseMaya Angelou (EEUU, 1928- )You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you beset with gloom?'Cause I walk like I've got oil wellsPumping in my living room.Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise.Did you want to see me broken?Bowed head and lowered eyes?Shoulders falling down like teardrops.Weakened by my soulful cries.Does my haughtiness offend you?Don't you take it awful hard'Cause I laugh like I've got gold minesDiggin' in my own back yard.You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I'll rise.Does my sexiness upset you?Does it come as a surpriseThat I dance like I've got diamondsAt the meeting of my thighs?Out of the huts of history's shameI riseUp from a past that's rooted in painI riseI'm a black ...
By: Poemas en ingles
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