Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.
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I just grill chicken and make very simple cuisine.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.
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I believe that change keeps you young.
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With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication.
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I feel like it's always important to curl your eyelashes. I always do when I wake up and you know you look tired, when you curl eyelashes and put mascara it makes such a huge difference, so that's the trick that I always use.
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I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand how art and music can be a place of safety in a world of reinvention.
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I always carry a sketchbook around with me, and I sketch whenever I can... I might be in a financial review and be sketching because I find that I actually listen better when I sketch. Truth be told, there are probably more sketches in my books than there are written notes.
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I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer which, of course, gets me in a lot of trouble - all of which combines into free expression.
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I was always involved in the arts from a young age. I started studying classical piano at age four as a student of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music.
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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
