Meshell Ndegeocello Quotes
Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”
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I watch virtually no TV. All my screen time is computer time for me. When I'm not doing that I'm reading or talking to my friends who I got to know through computers.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit.
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I haven't been. That is where I think I can be fulfilled.
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The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness!
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I think it happens to a lot of people who make music just on a computer by themselves, you don't see the bigger picture. You don't see the forest for the trees. You're looking at every tree so closely, and every tree looks so cool. But you're making a forest, man, you're not making a tree.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.
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Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”
