Cassandra Wilson Quotes
There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us.
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I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
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If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?
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It's so great to see a woman dressed in jeans and a lace-up boot with an extraordinary jacket. It's a moment where you do want to mix high and low, and it's not so much about a head-to-toe designer look.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
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They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.
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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.
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The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.
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No one in the modern history of this country, no president, has done more to move toward a balanced budget than has President Bill Clinton.
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Welcome to my library! Ever since my high school days, books and magazines have been to my mind what friends are in the flesh. Each and every one of these books and articles- a fraction of the 12,000 volumes that I share my house with- has contributed to expanding my dream.
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We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.
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There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.
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There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have.
