Cassandra Wilson Quotes
I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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Go to the doctor, get a checkup, and get Pap smears regularly. Cervical cancer is very preventable, and if you catch it early, there are tons of ways to treat it as well.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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If you create great opportunities, people around the world will come support your dream.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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The data strongly suggest that very good years in the U.S. stock market are followed by more good years.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.
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I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what a girl can learn based on the different months of pregnancy to make her character more interesting.
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In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.
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I am excited about this. We've got half of our goal. I'd love to see us get a little bit more than half our goal and not be so deeply into this thing going into Sunday, but I feel good about everything.
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I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.
