Jessye Norman Quotes
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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I was looking at my Instagram, and someone said to me, 'Who manages your Instagram?' I would never let anyone manage my Instagram! I enjoy it.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
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I had my own motor boat which we would take to Khadakvasla, but that was 40 years ago.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.
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I don't mean you have to be overbearing, but you have to stay on top of things - read the trades, know what's going on in the town. I call it 'dare to be stupid.' The worst thing they can say is, 'We got nothing for you.' So I've hustled a lot.
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New York traffic can drive you crazy.
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One of the things I liked about my character in 'Run' is that she can just disappear into the background if she wants, which is what I'm like.
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Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
