Mel B (Melanie Janine Brown) Quotes
I represent the mixed race community, which I think gets left out a lot. I always describe myself as being mixed race.
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In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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I love to perform live.
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You know what I would love? I would love to be one of those actresses who can come out with a film or come out with a new commercial without the world knowing about it.
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Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
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I'm 64 years old and, yeah, I went through a transition in my life last year, with the death of my son, that woke me up to a lot of things. You know, I'm perfectly happy in my own little groove. Marching along, building my company, and you know, a happy person.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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When you work in form, be it a sonnet or villanelle or whatever, the form is there and you have to fill it. And you have to find how to make that form say what you want to say. But what you find, always--I think any poet who's worked in form will agree with me--is that the form leads you to what you want to say.
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The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
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Kofi Annan has already been instrumental in pushing forward that debate in the United Nations. I firmly support his efforts. A successful United Nations Summit next week presents the international community with a real opportunity to secure the necessary change.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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I represent the mixed race community, which I think gets left out a lot. I always describe myself as being mixed race.
