Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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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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Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.
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The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.
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There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson.
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Stay externally focused - on your customers - and focus internally when you have to hire.
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People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.
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The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.
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We want full-scale normalisation of relations [with Japan].
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Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.
