Cecile McLorin Salvant Quotes
I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the moment. I'd love to do something with him.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
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There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated.
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When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away from it. Sometimes it's some guy coming out with his own hatred, and I don't need to be a part of it.
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Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.
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Chelsea are a big club - we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There's a lot to do, but we'll try to do it all.
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If you lined up 10 writers and asked them to write a movie about Steve Jobs, you'd get 10 very different movies.
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Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
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I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog.
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I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.
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It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
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Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.
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I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.
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Exchange with Floyd Landis, at Stage 17 of the Tour de France as reported in 'Score another for Armstrong' in VeloNews (22 July 2004)
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If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic - to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them.
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The edge of a black hole, the event horizon, is a boundary that marks the point of no return. Once an object crosses the event horizon, it cannot escape and will be ripped to pieces, atom by atom.
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More often than not, changes had to be made in order for a song to make sense, and by the end of it, it would just be something different. Lyrically, I am usually fairly confused until something is finished, and then it makes perfect sense to me.
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I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious.
