Meshell Ndegeocello Quotes
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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Theatre is great, but we don't live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.
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In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.
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My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.
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Providing classified information to a foreign agent of the People's Republic of China is a real and serious threat to our national security.
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I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
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I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.
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Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'
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I have no way of knowing why my career has lasted so long other than the fact that people like the sound of my voice. Fortunately, I've been able to maintain it.
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Going on safari in South Africa was hardcore but a lot of fun - though my friend Maura was absolutely freaking out about all the bugs in her hair and having to pee in the sand.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time; the reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer.
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If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.
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I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy.
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I've been blessed by God to be able to perform.
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Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.
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Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
