Melissa Etheridge Quotes
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
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I am a friend of Adventist people and a lover of truth.
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I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
The world can no longer accept, the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. Why do leaders accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in Algebra, Mathematics, Science and Physics?
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. (Hays translation)
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I'm trying to build something where people will go every day.
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I consider fitness, diet, and beauty to be essential to a balanced self.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I'm passionate about speaking out against bullying and speaking up for self-awareness with young people and body-image issues and self-esteem issues.
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A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.
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Overseas, America's fighting men and women have been waging war against those who would attack America and plunge the world into a period of darkness, and their success can easily be seen.
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I know that with most companies that have a lot of success, it tends to throw you off, and you can become more conservative. One of our questions is, How do we keep from being pulled into conservatism because we're afraid of not being successful again?
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The sweetness is in having success with something you truly believe in.
