Sly Stone Quotes
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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I am a Buddhist.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home.
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I don't have a brother in real life.
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People want to download publications quickly and read them without cruft. Publications that started in print carry too much baggage and usually have awful apps. 'The Magazine' was designed from the start to be streamlined, natively digital, and respectful of readers' time and attention.
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I have always believed that exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.
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Time needs another minute.
