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Maya Angelou, rodným jménem Marguerite Ann Johnson byla americká spisovatelka, básnířka, scenáristka, filmová producentka a aktivistka. Nejslavnější jsou její autobiografické knihy, mezi nimi zejména ta první popisující nelehké dětství a dospívání černošské dívky v časech, kdy nebyla pro černou menšinu vybojována základní práva: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings z roku 1969. Literární kritika knihu ocenila jako zcela novou formu autobiografické beletrie. Byla spolupracovnící Martina Luthera Kinga i Malcolma X a bojovnicí za práva žen. Byla považována za jednu z mluvčích černošské komunity v USA. V roce 1993 recitovala svou báseň při prezidentské inauguraci Billa Clintona. Navázala tak na tradici Roberta Frosta, který recitoval své verše při inauguraci Johna F. Kennedyho roku 1961.

✵ 4. duben 1928 – 28. květen 2014   •   Další jména مایا انجیلو, 瑪雅安傑盧
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Maya Angelou: Zamilované citáty

„Nakonec si lidé nebudou pamatovat, co jste řekli nebo udělali, budou si pamatovat, jak se s vámi cítili.“

Varianta: Naučila jsem se, že lidi zapomenou, co jsi říkala, lidi zapomenou, co jsi dělala, ale nikdy nezapomenou, jak se s Tebou cítili.

Maya Angelou: Citáty o životě

Maya Angelou citáty a výroky

„Vyrůstáme z hlouposti rasismu a sexismu. -- po zvolení Obamy prezidentem“

Originál: (en) We are growing up beyond the idiocies of racism and sexism.
Zdroj: Maya Angelou obituary, 28. 5. 2014, theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/28/maya-angelou

Maya Angelou: Citáty anglicky

“The dread of futility has been my life-long plague.”

Maya Angelou kniha I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Zdroj: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“We are missing Michael.
But we do know we had him, and we are the world.”

Maya Angelou kniha Letter to My Daughter

We Had Him (2009)
Zdroj: Letter to My Daughter

“He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.”

Maya Angelou kniha I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

We Had Him (2009)
Zdroj: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Kontext: Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone.
Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him.
He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance.
Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.
He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.

“I did then what I knew best, when I knew better, I did better. Maya Angelo”

Varianta: I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

“Glory falls around us
as we sob
a dirge of
desolation on the Cross
and hatred is the ballast of
the rock
which lies upon our necks
and underfoot.”

Maya Angelou kniha Letter to My Daughter

"Glory Falls"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
Zdroj: Letter to My Daughter

“Love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
A Brave and Startling Truth.”

Maya Angelou kniha A Brave and Startling Truth

A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)

“We grow despite the
horror that we feed
upon our own
tomorrow.
We grow.”

Maya Angelou kniha I Shall Not Be Moved

"Glory Falls"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)

“Petulant priests, greedy
centurions, and one million
incensed gestures stand
between your love and me.”

Maya Angelou kniha I Shall Not Be Moved

"Savior"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)

“I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.”

As quoted in Goal Mapping : How to Turn Your Dreams into Realities (2006) by Brian Mayne, p. 84

“The needs of a society determine its ethics.”

Maya Angelou kniha I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969); often misquoted as "The needs of society determine its ethics", and with less context than the full statement: "The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs from his country's table but by ingenuity and courage is able to take for himself a Lucullan feast." The title of Angelou's book comes from the poem "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

“It is possible and imperative that we discover
A brave and startling truth.”

Maya Angelou kniha A Brave and Startling Truth

A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)

“My dear, when people show you who they are, why don't you believe them? Why must you be shown 29 times before you can see who they really are? Why can't you get it the first time?”

As quoted by Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey's paraphrase:
When people show you who they are, believe them.
Zdroj: [When people show you who they are, believe them, http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/when-people-show-you-who-they-are-believe-them-video, 2016-01-19, Oprah's Lifeclass, Oprah, Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, 2011-10-26, 1, 13, 90, en-us, Oprah Winfrey]
Zdroj: [Book club finale, http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/One-of-Dr-Maya-Angelous-Most-Important-Lessons_1, 2016-01-19, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah, Winfrey, 1997-06-18, 45, en-us, Oprah Winfrey]

“If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.”

Maya Angelou kniha A Brave and Startling Truth

A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)

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