Laura Nyro Quotes
She said'I'm young enoughI'm old enoughIn the city machineWhere industriesFill the fish full of mercury'
Quotes to Explore
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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I'm not a control freak.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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I will tell you with 100 percent confidence, Jon Jones is not deep in my head. The fact he actually thinks that, it makes me smile every day.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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I choose to focus on the positive.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
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I didn't mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story.
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The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system-and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny.
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As soon as the recovery is well under way, we need to set up a long-term plan to reduce the structural deficit and make sure we are not leaving a mountain of debt for the next generation.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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It wasn't sexual in its element. I wasn't being exploited. I was doing what happened. It was very challenging because I played Phyllis from 15 years old to 53 when she died of breast cancer.
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She said'I'm young enoughI'm old enoughIn the city machineWhere industriesFill the fish full of mercury'
