Rebecca Ferguson Quotes
People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
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When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard.
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I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.
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A lot of people, quite frankly, think intense attachments to animals are weird and suspect, the domain of people who can't quite handle attachments to humans.
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Free people have a serious problem with place, being in a place, using up a place, deciding which new place to rotate to. Americans ricochet around the United States like billiard balls.
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I've always loved mermaids!
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People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard.
