Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
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I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.
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Here's the thing: 'The Hurt Locker' was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you'd call a happy place.
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There was a time, actually, when I hadn't been singing, and I'd lost a lot of my ability. My range had shrunk.
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Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.
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'Let us leave tomorrow’s trouble for the One who bore our troubles on the cross.'
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Let me make one point about the hunger strike in the Maze prison. I want this to be utterly clear. There can be no political justification for murder or any other crime. The Government will never concede political status to the hunger strikers, or to any others convicted of criminal offences in the Province.
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Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table.
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Love, he thought as he held her to his heart, was an agony beyond compare.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since before training camp.
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This is not a time for America to 'believe in magic.' This is a time to drive education forward. This is a time to drive the economy forward. This is a time to drive America forward. We must do it together. And we must re-elect Barack Obama as President of the United States.
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I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.
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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
