M.C. Brockert (Teena Marie) Quotes
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.
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Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.
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I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.
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Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
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Music was my one way to vent.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, p. 461
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Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service, to improve quality and productivity, and thus constantly decrease costs.
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Actors are always trying to cry and people are actually trying not to cry.
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Liza Minelli said she can't sing well enough those 'special songs' of her late mother, Judy Garland, so she doesn't sing them at all. The award-winning entertainer said she'd 'rather present a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of Mama.'
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I have that weakness. I think women are one of the most beautiful creations that could be given by nature, by God.
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Es más fácil levantar la caída que no dejarla caer. Déjala caer y la levantarás.
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Clothes that are too tight make you look bigger. If you've been trying to shed pounds, and it doesn't go, buy the next size up. I never care what size my clothes are.
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It is better to have a retarded president who respects human values than a clever government without human values.
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So, blind to Someone I must be.
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You have to go where the truth takes you, and that doesn't always take you in exactly the same place where people you speak to might want,or suspects may want. That's your ultimate obligation.
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There are places where the mind dies so that a truth which is its very denial may be born.
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OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?
