S. Parkes Quotes
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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We've gone further on this album, where we have a Big Band song, kind of a Sinatra-type song; we have a couple songs that have electronic music on them. We've got a couple rock songs, maybe a little heavier than what we've done. So the title 'Jekyll & Hyde' really covers the breadth of the record.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality for the host to be freaked out.
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You know, you can tell the difference between a terrorist and a toddler. On a terrorist, the diaper is gonna be on the head, all right? That's how you can tell the difference. very loud applause It's upsetting. Unbelievable. They got absolutely nothing in common except both diapers are full of crap.
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My age has so little to do with my image of myself because at a certain point, the number just didn't fit how I felt. It has become irrelevant to me. I just don't feel like that number is representative of my spirit, of my energy or my anything!
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I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the time, and it's really personal to me, my Muslim beliefs, so I decided to keep it and find a way to work around it. I don't see it as a restriction or limitation - I can still be me and get into music and be an entertainer.
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'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just saw it!'
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Nobody dreams of music in hell, and nobody conceives of heaven without it.
