Joan Armatrading Quotes
One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
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Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.
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Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.
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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
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When Pandora doesn't pay, and bars don't pay, and weddings don't pay, and nobody buys CDs or shirts or concert tickets or lessons, then the musician can't make a living making music.
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When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.
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When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens!
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One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion.
