Bernie Worrell Quotes
People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.
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The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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As a kid, looking at Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, New Edition, the Temptations, Motown, people who I felt were huge artists, they made me wanna do something.
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There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
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Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.
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I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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It's difficult to tell the truth about how a book begins. The truth, as far as it can be presented to other people, is either wholly banal or too intimate.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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I'm inspired by throwing out any darkness that is inside of me. For me, art cures.
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It's a dream come true as I await the release of my debut single 'Krazy Konnection' with Salim Merchant and then my debut album!
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Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.
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People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.
