Neneh Cherry (Neneh Mariann Karlsson) Quotes
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Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups.
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I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.
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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
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I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
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I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha!
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Unlike physics, economists don't settle things. There seems to be plenty of room for different conclusions that are still accepted in the academy.
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Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
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I … thought about societies where exceptional fortunes are built up in industries with very little connection to out sincere and significant needs, industries where it is difficult to escape from the disparity between a seriousness of means and a triviality of ends.
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I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new.
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I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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It's an interesting point about sisters not getting the same attention as parents and children, and even brothers. I suspect it's just because women didn't count that much and weren't the ones writing the accounts.
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I like to say that journalism is the graduate school from which you never graduate.
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Grieving, like being blind, is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it. We seek company in mourning, but after the early bursts of tears, after the praises have been spoken, and the good days remembered, and the lament cried, and the grave closed, there is no company in grief. It is a burden borne alone.
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I'm 50. And I'm not ever really worried about being trendy.
