Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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The possibilities for creation and insight are endless. We're constantly collecting more data, and it's starting to be very relevant to our lives.
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Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.
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Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.
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I'm not superstitious.
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There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not.
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I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.
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Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.
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The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.
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The artist-audience relationship is the most valuable thing, and anything you can do to fuel the long-term potential of that relationship is of value to you.
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I’m still having trouble convincing Pax that underwear and pants go together – underwear is not pants!
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You know you’re permanent, right?
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In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to others. There is a greater fullness of life about his own existence, and when there is more life in the units there is more in the mass which is composed of them.
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If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.
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Earth could have learned a long time ago that securing initial and ongoing consent, rather than attempting to assert hierarchy, is key to a nonconfrontational relationship. Because we’re basically primates, we had to wait for a bunch of aliens to come teach us.
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Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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Henceforth there will be no letters to answer; I have bade farewell to first performances and the literary and other discussions which come from them.
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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
