M.C. Brockert (Teena Marie) Quotes
I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.
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When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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A lot of people want to discredit me.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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Europe can't take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.
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Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.
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With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.
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My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.
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Because of my childhood where I was constantly by myself, I always feel lonely. I have a lot of people that I absolutely love and I know love me but I can't get rid of that feeling of loneliness no matter who I'm with - even with my children.
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I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
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You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.
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When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy them, but now they call this free will. At least the Greeks were being honest.
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I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.
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People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.
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I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter.
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And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels.
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I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'
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I'm not an 'out there' person if it's not on stage or if I'm not around people I'm most comfortable with.
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I'm definitely doing better. I never realized that I would get the support that I've gotten from everybody - from my fans, to people that I've idolized my whole life. So it's overwhelming, it's amazing and I believe that everything happens for a reason so I'm in a really good place right now.
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It is my goal to love everyone. I hate no one. Regardless of their race, religion, their proclivities, the desire of their heart and how they want to live their life and the decisions that they make. I can even respect people's decisions and lifestyle choices just as I hope they have the courtesy to respect my decisions and my choices.
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If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
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I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.
