Poet Quotes and aphorisms about being Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Maya Angelou Maya Angelou Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ,, Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a goo... Maya Angelou ,, What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came he... Maya Angelou ,, I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And ... Maya Angelou ,, I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So...