John Collison Quotes
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns.
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There are a bunch of images that are thrown in our faces all the time about what we're supposed to look like at 14, 15, 16. It's confusing. I think every woman can identify with that struggle.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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I found my voice singing pop and ballads, almost all of them Colombian artists. When I was 16, my family gave me a recording session with some Colombian producers, and that's where I started my career.
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Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.
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There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings. It's less about proving people wrong, the critics wrong, and it's more about challenging myself to keep this level up.
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I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.
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The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
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I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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I'll be blunt: Money's gotten buggy.
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I think there is something about coming to a city to work that puts you in touch with it in a different way.
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My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.
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The low-ceiling price bazaar for sexual relief was a street called Middie Alley. You could barely get a pushcart through this avenue. Top price-twenty-five cents.
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I don't think it's about playing and singing, to be honest. That seems like old news, you know? I wasn't thinking about that. I just think that's in my body now. Dancers don't think about their legs moving one way and their arms moving another. Over time, you incorporate that into your instrument.
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We want to grow the total amount of online commerce.
