Renata Tebaldi (Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi) Quotes
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.
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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
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Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.
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Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it.
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I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me.
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Love is one of the hardest words to say and one of the easiest to hear.
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Love is in essence subversive.
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For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones. The position required a balancing act, because the companies had to deflect attacks on the global reach of their patents, which granted exclusive marketing rights for antiretroviral drugs.
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I was in love many times. This is very good for a woman.
