Sarah Vaughan Quotes
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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I'm from Pennsylvania, so I was in New York a lot and my brother lives in New York.
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I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.
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I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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To me, film is the most complete method of storytelling.
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There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.
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My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
