Sade Adu Quotes
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
Quotes to Explore
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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We have a tax code whose complications and levels of unfairness and levels of choosing people to give tax breaks to and choosing people to deny them to is thousands of pages long with endless complications and unbelievable manipulations by everybody.
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We misuse language and talk about the 'ascent' of man. We understand the scientific basis for the interrelatedness of life, but our ego hasn't caught up yet.
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I certainly have been writing stories that are hard science fiction, that are very reminiscent of 'Golden Age tales' from the '40s and '50s. I've also written stories that are very high fantasy that are the direct opposite of that style.
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I grew up in Brooklyn.
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I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
