Naomi Campbell Quotes
I like the men to wear the pants. I don't want to wear the pants. I like men who know what they want, know what they're doing, make their own decisions... As much as I like to be the controller, it's not in my best interest.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I'm such a foodie, and I actually think I would rather lose my hearing than my taste.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Failure cannot cope with persistence.
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You're the sort of enemy your enemy must love.
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I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.
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Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And NEVER do it for the money, Go to work to spread joy.
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The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.
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I like the men to wear the pants. I don't want to wear the pants. I like men who know what they want, know what they're doing, make their own decisions... As much as I like to be the controller, it's not in my best interest.
