Bessie Smith Quotes
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.
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I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
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Let's be perfectly clear, shall we. The fox is not a little orange puppy dog with doe eyes and a waggly tail. It's a disease-ridden wolf with the morals of a psychopath and the teeth of a great white shark.
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Knowing how to use your voice so it makes sense to your dog, using words in a way your dog can understand, correcting him without creating fear, praising him properly, and doing it all at the proper time are critical skills to develop if your dog is to learn from you.
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Without question, the material world and your everyday needs distract you from living meaningfully.
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I think one of the things when you're casting children is you're also casting their parents.
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I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.
