Bessie Smith Quotes
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that match.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.
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I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it's unavoidable.
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Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every single, you know, ideology, we have every single background. However, when it comes to the screen, we have one code of ethics and one code of conduct.
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If it sounds good, it IS good.
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A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow.
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I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.
