Esperanza Spalding Quotes
When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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As an entrepreneur, one cannot just work and not say anything.
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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New York is great for busy creative types. The city has a pulse that races, and you either keep up with it or you leave.
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We gon' be around for a long time.
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Fashion definitely has the power to change the world.
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I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.
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Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think you can. I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning.
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It's certainly my honor to be able to, hopefully, change the world a tiny bit, one mind at a time.
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The world should not be exclusive of the ideal body. It has to include all ideals, all bodies.
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I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days.
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In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage with others and share the fear, release the feelings, do fun things to take your mind off it.
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Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think... In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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I've had experiences where people say, 'I hated jazz before I heard you guys!' I'm like, 'You didn't hate jazz before you heard us, you hated the idea of jazz.'
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I want to do acting as much as I can. When you're on contract with a show, you can't really do other shows. It's hard to do film. I haven't had the opportunity to even audition much for films because I don't have an agent.
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When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.
