Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes

I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon

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• Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.

  

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• I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.

  

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• I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

  

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• I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.

  

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• You cannot survive if you do not know the past.

  

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• My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

  

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• But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.

  

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• I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.

  

  Eunice Kathleen Waymon
  • Love
  • Reading
  • Sing