Laura Nyro Quotes
They say a woman's placeIs to wait and serveUnder the veilSubmissive and dearBut I think my placeIs in a ship from spaceTo carry meThe hell out of here.
Quotes to Explore
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In sports, teams win and individuals don't.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
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I usually travel with a posse. I roll deep. I travel like a rapper, but without the artillery. We don't carry guns, we carry cookies.
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Initially, when I joined Twitter, I was active. But, later, I felt that whatever I was tweeting or saying on a social platform turned out to be a little boring.
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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.
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The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.
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I used to think 'King Lear' was an analysis of insanity, but I don't really think it is. When Lear is supposed to be at his most insane, he is actually understanding the world for the first time.
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Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit.
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Hackney at certain epochs has given itself suburban airs and graces, before being slapped down and consigned once more to the dump bin of aborted ambition.
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All rappers exaggerate.
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I can tell you, if you shoot in the rain you're going to have a lot of voice ADR to do after the movie and voice looping, stuff like that.
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It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.
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When you first get fame, you're so insecure that you just become a ding dong.
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In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.
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We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy.
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I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.
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At Planned Parenthood, we see the impact of abortion stigma firsthand, in the women who delay getting reproductive health care because they fear they’ll be labeled and judged. We see the effect of stigma on doctors, health center staffers, and others who help provide abortion services. And we see the impact in laws that regulate and restrict abortion in ways that would never happen with any other medical procedure.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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A lot of Donna Summer and things that maybe weren't trendy anymore or weren't hip in gay clubs but you'd hear them at Taboo.
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Your beliefs are cause maps that you impose on the world, after which you 'see' what you have already imposed.
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Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.
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They say a woman's placeIs to wait and serveUnder the veilSubmissive and dearBut I think my placeIs in a ship from spaceTo carry meThe hell out of here.
