Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
D. A. Pennebaker -
Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
Ralph Peters -
I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen -
It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
Daniel Craig -
The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
T. D. Jakes -
When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
Verite
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I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways to use money more efficiently to realize positive goals for everyone.
Majora Carter -
I adore burgers. I know they are bad for me, and only technically a sandwich, but a well made burger, juicy and hot off the grill, is wonderful!
Faith Hunter -
Howarth began to see that, however much it was against one’s will and convictions, sides had to be taken, the dreary corrupt world of politics had to be entered by the good and dispassionate, to protect and avenge the weak. But one always entered too late.
Anthony Burgess -
And both were young, and one was beautiful.
Lord Byron -
Our Youth is fleeting Old age is just around the bend And I can't wait to go grey And I'll sit and wonder Of every love that could have been If I'd only thought of something charming to say
Ben Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie -
It is for the sake of order that I seduced Clytemnestra, for the sake of order that I killed my king. I wanted for order to rule and that it rule through me. I have lived without desire, without love, without hope: I made order. Oh! terrible and divine passion!
Jean-Paul Sartre
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In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.
Don McLean -
I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.
Mary-Louise Parker -
Eric and I have a pact. Offseason, we focus on my career. And during the season, I try to be the best wifey. I make sure he has a warm dinner to come home to.
Jessie James Decker -
When marketers influence habits, they influence peoples' self-identity. And so when a group or company does something that doesn't correspond to our core values, it feels like a betrayal.
Charles Duhigg -
I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he's been given.
Chuck Tanner -
I was never any good at keeping secrets.
Ariel Levy
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Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots!
Neneh Cherry -
There's going to be competition because there are not enough resources. Resources grow arithmetically, populations grow exponentially. You can't ever have enough resources and that's the foundation of this idea of competition.
Gregory Walter Graffin Bad Religion -
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.
Eunice Kathleen Waymon