Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
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I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
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Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.
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Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
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You're going to see this 'Internet of things' start demanding network performance and making the networks much more aware of what is on top of them.
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Other than the fact that they can't tell directions, and they have very strange breeding habits, how do you actually work with these things?
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Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
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I've always had a strong start, but the start in boardercross is so important. And if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
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A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.
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I'm based here in L.A., but I think in the future I might consider settling down in Malaysia when I start a family.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.
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I loved my start. I'm proud of my spots. I don't feel embarrassed by anything that I did... It definitely helped me more than hurt me.
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I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.
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I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.
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I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.
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In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.
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I didn't start playing piano until I was 18.
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You know it's very important, the role of a mother... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids.
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I've always had a knack for hitting the mark perfectly. Even when I'm walking or running, I'm very good at not having to look down.
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I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.
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We start out as little bits of disconnected dust.
