Youssou N'Dour Quotes
I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.
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My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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Middle school students are at a critical time in their lives when making good choices matters - the decisions they make in these formative years have an impact on their future success.
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Everybody is always going to have haters. It comes with the job. You have to have a tough skin and not let it affect you.
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In 2006, the Congress had approved plans to allow the Fed, beginning in 2011, to pay interest on banks' reserve balances. In the fall of 2008, the Congress moved up the effective date of this authority to October 2008.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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Academically, I was never that interested. I skipped classes. My biggest dream was to have a coffee shop, but I had no idea how to get the money to do that.
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I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.
