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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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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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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As for their healers and their worship of gold books of old lore, there had been tribal stories of this, too, all nonsense, as anything chattered by the ill-informed must be.
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Singing and dancing are the greatest emotional outlets you can have.
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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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I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
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I proclaim with confidence that Britain can get right back into the world competitive race if only we can break free of the collective chains which hold us back. Unlike the socialists, who trust the state, we trust the people. That is why we are the party of freedom.
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If you're talking about the narrow issue of public assistance, I would like to see us move to a more healthy system. But until we come up with certain guarantees - for example, guaranteed jobs where mothers move off welfare - I support welfare very strongly. The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.
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I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.
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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.
