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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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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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
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Advocates of 'free speech' often repeat the mantra that the best response to bad speech is more and better speech, not the suppression of the bad stuff.
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I love interaction with audiences. If were my choice, I would spend most of my time interacting with audiences. Walking around and asking them to challenge me.
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I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here in Britain, but yet there are things which are staunchly English that you guys don't have.
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If you're making a movie about the effects of time, you kind of have to engage time as the main character.
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My book is not for everyone in the venture capital and entrepreneurial world, and that’s okay. If you try to please everybody and worry about offending anybody, nothing is going to happen. You might make some money, but you certainly won’t create wealth.
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If you've ever had a coworker actively interfere with your productivity, try to make you look bad, steal your ideas, or give you false information, you've been the victim of undermining.
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Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”
