Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I love 'Glee.'
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I am always fascinated by India.
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The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
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Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.
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Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
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I was brought up in a very rural area on grounds of a castle. It was a working farm, and I even remember the local shepherd wearing his Barbour jacket.
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Life isn’t easy. Love isn’t easy. Fairy tales are books we read to children. Romance novels are books that make teenagers dream of love and happily ever afters. I’m here to tell you my story. This is my diary. This is my life. This is my truth. You can’t make this shit up.
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If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.
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There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud.
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California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands.
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There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.
