Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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What I would like to do is make sure every primary school child has a library card, so where parents don't get their children library cards, we'll see if we can get schools to step in and make sure that every child has one.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved.
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Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
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I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.
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I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school that is open and supportive of me being gone at times and pursuing acting. But school always comes first for me.
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Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.
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I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through.
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Sometimes when you've got too much money you lose your imagination.
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We have been investing in building a mobile-first selling capability by establishing the Consumer Channels Group to strengthen and align the device-selling motion and to expand our impact with OEM, retail channel partners and our operator channel, and by extending it with our opening of Microsoft Stores.
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If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.
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I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense and animals, he was the smartest person I've ever met, before or since. He taught me that to touch an animal is an earned privilege. It's not a right.
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I write with a Uni-Ball Onyx Micropoint on nine-by-seven bound notebooks made by a Canadian company called Blueline. After I do a few drafts, I type up the poem on a Macintosh G3 and then send it out the door.
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I support equality. Everyone should feel free to live out the parts of their personality that correspond to the classic male or female image.
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As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.
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The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
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When I was 10 or 11 people started saying there was something special about my voice. But when I was 15 or 16 is when I really thought my hobby could become my career.
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I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
