Jessye Norman Quotes
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.
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I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.
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People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?
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Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.
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Picking and choosing what kind of love is worth recognizing is an expensive choice. Is discrimination worth that price?
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In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.
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I hope I'm always learning something.
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When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
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I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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The N.R.A.'s blessing of restrictions on bump stocks - devices that make semiautomatic weapons fire faster - is designed to pre-empt anything more serious by giving the illusion of action. It substitutes accessory control for actual gun control.
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One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.
