Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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I'm very involved with all the executives at Televisa.
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Our Government is committed to pursuing policies and programs which facilitate a further lowering of the interest rates in order to fuel investment and growth. We call on the commercial banks to partner with us in this effort.
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It's a very hard and competitive business in which you have to fight every day in order to impose yourself.
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I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album.
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Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
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People want fashion from us, whereas they might buy core styles from other designers.
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I try to stay real with my thoughts and the things that I go through in life. I like being free.
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We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.
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I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
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I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.
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The problems of this world are so gigantic that some are paralysed by their own uncertainty. Courage and wisdom are needed to reach out above this sense of helplessness. Desire for vengeance against deeds of hatred offers no solution. An eye for an eye makes the world blind. If we wish to choose the other path, we will have to search for ways to break the spiral of animosity. To fight evil one must also recognize one's own responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans.
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The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
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Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?” "...I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning." "Well reasoned.
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Life has good and bad times. And to get through them you have to battle. Life is not all smooth. I've had my bumps and bruises, like anybody, but I've always tried to look at life like a glass that's half full.
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The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.
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I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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Whenever I act well, my head clears. Always a bit frail I was personally, but never professionally.
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It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or any other knucklehead telling you what your art should look like.
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Artists who have produced experimental innovations have been motivated by aesthetic criteria: they have aimed at presenting visual perceptions. Their goals are imprecise, so their procedure is tentative and incremental.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
