Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The 100m is never stressful.
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After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
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Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.
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Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
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In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me – My horizon's wide open now. It's scary and it's daunting, but it's an absolute thrill. I feel brand new!
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My mom means the world to me. She's always been the one to get me up early for work, help me with my make up and hair, and just be there to support me in whatever I do. She always makes sure that no matter what, I'm happy in what I'm doing.
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The one-sided funding creates one-sided images that reinforce the press defining as progress an examination of only women’s issues. Thus, a quarter century’s-worth of studies showing domestic violence against men to be more than equal to domestic violence against women receive so little publicity as to barely make a dent on the public’s consciousness.
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In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.
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It is the party’s steadfast determination to ensure that the people will never have to tighten their belt again.
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I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy.
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You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are a direct result of some tenant's poverty.
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One of the things in my experience about changing parties: There are very few exceptions to the general rule. And the general rule has been, people are going to invite you into the church, but they are not going to make you a deacon.
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I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.
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What we choose to do today and tomorrow will shape our future and build our reality.
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By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended.
