Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
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I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.
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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
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If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.
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Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
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When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
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Luckily, there is a wind of change happening in Hindi cinema. Good work is coming to people who are not conventionally good looking like Ranbir Kapoor or Akshay Kumar.
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Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.
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Don't get me wrong – I love books! I just think a video has a bigger bang when it comes to a good, old-fashioned adrenaline rush.
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The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because Smokey Robinson was at that studio and Berry Gordy was the president. I remember asking Smokey to listen to my group and he did. For the first couple of years we were just singing background. We used to back up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells was there then, Marv Johnson, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Junior Walker and the All-Stars.
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While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time to restore civility in Congress. It's time for action where action is needed - all politics aside.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.
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I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.
