Cassandra Wilson Quotes
I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.
Quotes to Explore
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.
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It's my view that any conservative who loves his country has to be extremely concerned.
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In North Korea, grass is a vegetable eaten by the people, and they've got nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. So, something more stringent than what's been done to North Korea is going to have to work; otherwise, a military strike is the only option.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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Creatively, I've always wanted to be different as it relates to my craft, and reggae, being a part of my culture, makes up a percentage of that uniqueness. The only definition I can think of to describe my style is 'OMI.'
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere.
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My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.
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I believe in creative visualization.
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As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort.
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I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.
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I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.
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Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation.
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We were told, no, you don't do. There was this high standard of morals and a sense of responsibility. That didn't mean that everybody stuck to those laws, but we were cognizant of the importance of trying to live up to that code.
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In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
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Doors lead to things and I've never met one I haven't wanted to open.
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I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.
