Paula Cole Quotes
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Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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I do everything that everybody else does.
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I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
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I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.
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When I started Instagram, I kind of just did what I like to do or to show the things I like, whether it be sneakers or weird flowers, have the little drops of myself and my style kind of fluidly throughout. That was really helpful in starting and carving out my own place.
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Everybody has their own rules, and so do I. I have always lived on my own terms. As far as mistakes are concerned, I've made them and acknowledged them as mistakes, not regrets. I consider my life a success. There's nothing that I would re-do. I've always done what I felt was right.
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Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.
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It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.
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I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.
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What song have you played 10,000 times? It's probably not something basic. It's probably a song that validates your experience on Earth.
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Isn't that sad! I'm so fragile. It's tragic laughs. Can you believe it? That's so sad.
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Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. Q. You are sure that your statement represents scientific truth? A. I am.
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Pop music provides not just the soundtrack to our lives, as the cliche goes; it releases our emotions and helps us to articulate them. This is why music is so important to adolescents, who are struggling with questions of identity and self-expression.
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A little damage could only be an improvement.
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As a warning to parents, I mention that my father preferred me to my brother, which was very injurious to both of us. To me, as tending to produce in my mind a feeling of self-elevation; and to my brother, by creating in him a dislike both towards my father and me.
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You could hollow out a big pumpkin and wear it on your head for the entire week of your birthday. This will allow you to get in touch with your Halloween emotions.
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Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.
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I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV.
