Gayle King Quotes
People think that I don't work, and I fly around in Oprah's private plane doing whatever I want.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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I had a diary full of lyrics and whatnot and a little voice recorder of guitar riffs.
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I grew up in a very toxic home.
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A gift of truth is the gift of love.
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People think that I don't work, and I fly around in Oprah's private plane doing whatever I want.
