Rozonda Thomas Quotes
I want everybody to know that I don't care who you are, where you're from, if you're popular or not: we all have haters. But you have to be resilient. You have to not allow them to have the power over you, where you start believing the things they say.
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A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
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People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the true and real power is with working people of all colors, of all beliefs, of all national origins.
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The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
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I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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Finding things to wear is what the Internet's for.
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Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
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Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.
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The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
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I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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It is better to watch things then to do them.
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I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.
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I'm not super-athletic.
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Building capacities for the young generation is going to make a better generation and a better future tomorrow for Africa.
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The truth is we're all searching. We're all looking for guidance, for mentors, and I'm by no means someone to follow.
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When I was younger, I looked a lot older than I was. They have these working laws in England where you have to be 16: if you're over 16, you don't have to be restrained by working hours and things like that. In America, it's actually 18.
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I want everybody to know that I don't care who you are, where you're from, if you're popular or not: we all have haters. But you have to be resilient. You have to not allow them to have the power over you, where you start believing the things they say.
