Nelly (Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.) Quotes
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Isolationism is over.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.
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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I went to the Women's March in D.C. on January 21, and I, looking around, was thinking, Wow, something that bonds all of us is that we've been silent-screaming in our bathrooms, alone, in between sarcastic lunches.
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It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.
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I've always had a fascination with the technical and small-scale aspects of life - the national media seem to have more interest in the sweeping political views.
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Don't stop ever loving me, you can always smoke with me.
