Sarah Breedlove (Madam C. J. Walker) Quotes
One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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For me, I've always wanted to be a nun. I mean, I think about what it's like to be a nun. And I've always been fascinated with nuns, and I have a nun collection, I've been collecting nuns for 20 years. And I have a song that I wrote, 'I Wanna Be a Nun,' when I was 25.
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Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
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Every actor wants to do a love story, and courtesy T-Series, I got to do two back-to-back.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.
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When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.
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'I got my pecs, I got limos, I got bitches, and all my limo's powered by bitch juice, and my spare pecs are in the limo.' … 'I'm gonna fuck you up. I'm gonna dig up your dad, and shove him up your mum and drink your blood from a drinking cup, you fuck!'
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There is nothing like the thrill of walking through the jungle looking for a tiger and knowing they could be watching you already.
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One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.
