Abbey Lincoln Quotes
There's nothing to scream about because in America we're all one blanket, everybody feels the same way about things, they just need some money.
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
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You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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I don't want to get fat.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
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The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
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Architecture is art, nothing else.
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In 2009, at the Vancouver Peace Summit, I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO dedicated to eradicating modern-day slavery; weeks later, I flew down to Los Angeles and met with the director of Free the Slaves; thus began my journey into exploring modern-day slavery.
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There will always been the prurient rubbernecking aspect to disasters: people who just can't get enough gore.
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Juanes is one of the legendary, iconic Colombian artists. Growing up in Colombia, you can't really not have him on your radar. His songs are everywhere, and there's a statue of him. He's pretty big for Latin America, and for Colombia especially.
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There's nothing to scream about because in America we're all one blanket, everybody feels the same way about things, they just need some money.
