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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And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.
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I have no patience for anybody that doubts me, none at all.
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I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you.
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No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do.
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My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making music. Make so much music you have no friends. Make music. Figure out what it is you love, and... because if you're making cool art, then everything else will fall into line.
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Nobody dreams of music in hell, and nobody conceives of heaven without it.
