Natalie Clifford Barney Quotes
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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
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I can hardly understand the Australian accent.
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I can say this. I believe that the human mind, or even the mind of a cat, is more interesting in its complexity than an entire galaxy if it is devoid of life.
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Uplift, your mind is a gift.
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When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.
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All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
