Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
J. Philippe Rushton
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Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving.
Gary Zukav
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'
Sam Claflin
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
Sam Abell
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
Barbara Smith
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
Randy Pausch
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
A. A. Milne
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
Fidel Castro
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
Gary Wolf
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And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!
Taylor Swift
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Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.
Yunus Emre
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I've owned a lot of dogs in my life - Marcela, Rusty, Petey Pup, Precious, Rosy and Ava. Each were in love with life's simple pleasures, but being people in dog suits, as they seem to be, they each had a defined personality!
Bob Peterson
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[On the movie "American Hot Wax:] A plot so thin you could thread a needle with it.
Janet Maslin
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Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and Iranians. Many Iranians were born in Iraq, and many Iraqis were born in Iran. This is a kind of special, cordial amicable ties.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be.
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
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I remember being with a girlfriend who asked me to look over some chess openings with her. I instantly fell asleep. I found that I could always take a nap in any situation by just looking at some opening variation - my eyes would shut right away.
Pal Benko
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I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
