Quote of the day - Maya Angelou
I’ve been watching the iconoclasts series from Sundance, and came across a episode of David Chappelle and Maya Angelou, where one bit blew me away.
As my friend Michiel says, Maya Angelou should be “read” by Maya Angelou, but i haven’t been able to find the clip, so buy the dvd/itunes episode.
I could not find the quote online, and simply for the greater good i wrote it down, so it will always be preserved (or as long the internet exists anyway)
David Chappelle:
“You’ve written books, you teach.
And your from a time when the society, would tell you that, these types of things probably wasn’t in the realm of possibilities
And fact that you’ve lived abroad, a global perspective, pre-globalisation.What do you attribute it to?”
Maya Angelou:
“I attribute it to Love
Love is a condition, so powerful that it may be that, which holds the stars in a firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins.
Courage, you have to have courage to love somebody.
Because you risk everything, everything“
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I just watched that show on Australian TV. I loved how Dave and Maya would just stare at each other and grin. It prompted me to look her up - turns out that line is from one of her poems:
Love builds up the broken wall
And straightens the crooked path.
Love keeps the stars in the firmament
And imposes rhythm on the ocean tides
Each of us is created of it
And I suspect
Each of us was created for it.
February 25th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
i hate ure face its a big disgrace
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Hello, Maya Angelou I was writing a myspace page about you and I admire your strength. All the things you went through and still became so successful in life. Im 16 I have a son and (on the way) a daughter. Roderick Artis is running for Mayor of York, Pa. Im a volunteer of his campaign I believe he would make a positive change for The City of York. Would you like to come to one of our events and meet the canidates running to be the next Mayor. Please contact me by e-mail let me know your response it would be really great and inspiring for the Youth to meet you as well as all the others. Thank You from your time.