Kathleen Battle Quotes
Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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I just try to attack the rim as hard as I can. Try to get the crowd pumped up a little bit.
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For products with revision possibilities, there is no better source available than a company going out of business!
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I don't believe that a hydrogen economy depends on a carbon economy at all.
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When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.
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If it's in people's interest to invest in renewables and invest in clean technologies, I'm convinced it will happen.
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Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.
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We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.
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I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going to put on a play for them.
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In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.
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At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.
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Rarely do I finish a song lyrically before I have a musical idea there, but then again, rarely ever would I finish a song musically before starting the lyrical ideas. So a lot of the time, they come in tandem, or they just come at a glance.
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The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician.
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I'm suspicious of the idea of categories in music and this idea of things being in boxes. To me, that seems unnatural. I write the music that somebody with my biography would write, and the thing that's always driven me is an enthusiasm for the material. I sort of follow the notes to where they want to go.
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I just wanted to say one more thing: I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music.
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Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption.
