Jessye Norman Quotes
There have been occasions - and I think it's very good for any human being that such occasions would be rare - that one would feel that one is a channel, and there have been some occasions when it seemed as though I was standing outside of myself watching and listening to myself sing.
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?
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If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many 'bads' - bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even 'bad' white males. Only, when you write about 'bad' white males, they don't complain about it. And need I say that there are 'good' blacks, 'good' homosexuals and 'good' women?
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I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.
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I want to become a very good writer.
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After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.
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There have been occasions - and I think it's very good for any human being that such occasions would be rare - that one would feel that one is a channel, and there have been some occasions when it seemed as though I was standing outside of myself watching and listening to myself sing.
