Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
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I have won 85 caps and have had a great career with Wales and have enjoyed every minute of it.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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You don't want me to sing. I could do a really bad karaoke scene, if I had to, but I'd probably choose to rap.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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I like having those preseason games and exhibitions to really get ready for the regular season and get yourself off to a good start.
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The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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Love can never make you weak, and love is not restricted to opposite sex. I love my parents, I love my animals, and I love my profession.
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I've got so many big gains to make in the javelin and the shot put. I know I'm not going to be winning the field in those events, but I need to do myself justice.
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Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.
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The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy
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Text is linear; it is black and white; it doesn't zoom around the page in 3-D; it isn't intelligent by itself; in fact, in terms of immediate reaction it is quite boring. I can't imagine a single preliterate was ever wowed at the first sight of text, and yet text has been the basis of arguably the most fundamental intellectual transformation of the human species. It and its subforms, such as algebra, have made science education for all a plausible goal.
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I would like to do a movie where the moments could be extended and you could have the freedom of that, but I'm not precious, if it moves the story and doesn't take away from it.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.
