Evelyn Ashford Quotes
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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What I'm working is for peace on ground between Israelis and Palestinians through business, through economy, through quality of life.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that.
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They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the communicants of the religion, and the immediate experience. And then they dictate the terms on which you can have contact with this wonderful mystery. We don't dictate those terms.
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Tonight this chamber speaks with one voice to the people we represent: It is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong.
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Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood.
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If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker.
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I got to Arizona in 1980, before the Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Coyotes. The sun rose and set with the Phoenix Suns, and it wasn't very spectacular. But I became a loyal fan and went to a lot of games.
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I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.
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When we were a smaller company, Facebook login was widely adopted, and the growth rate for it has been quite quick. But in order to get to the next level and become more ubiquitous, it needs to be trusted even more.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.
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He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record.
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I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?
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I have a girlfriend, but I don't really want to talk about her. I won't name her. She isn't in show business, has nothing to do with it. So I'd rather just keep her out of it.
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In heaven, when the blessed use the telephone they will say what they have to say and not a word besides.
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When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with.
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The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
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Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else.
