Youssou N'Dour Quotes
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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I don't drink coffee.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
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The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.
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I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could recognise universal propensities which current cultures can't fully eradicate, which we would want to eradicate if we could. Let's say, a tendency for tribal violence. Or racism.
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In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
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Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
