Vivienne Ming Quotes
I have had a small handful of truly blatantly discriminatory experiences for being transgender, but the vast majority are simply the differences between being a man versus being a woman in science and business.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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Headlining can be sort of solitary - you're sort of on your own out there, and you start to feel for a change.
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We do not want a religion that deceives us for our own good.
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You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.
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You always want your films to go as far as they can.
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News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
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Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.
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I have had a small handful of truly blatantly discriminatory experiences for being transgender, but the vast majority are simply the differences between being a man versus being a woman in science and business.
