#th

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#african american #am #american #because #black

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#doing #dream #get #i #never

I think that people who don't like kids are awful people. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#i #i think #kids #like #people

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#i #loud #me #mother #quiet

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#fact #i #i can #in fact #joke

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#children #i #met #never #people

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#kids #my time #nothing #shorter #than

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#goes #grow #grow up #loss #mother

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!' ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#disappointments #enjoy #filled #first #going

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#each #greatness #human #human spirit #influence