Abigail Washburn Quotes
For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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There's always this joke that I say in Israel: people don't really have discussions; they just try to convince the other people that they are wrong or they are right - they just try to impose their opinion on the others. Sometimes I think it's easier to avoid talking about things and just make music.
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There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.
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As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.
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In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day with that in mind. But, I do get a lot of fan mail from young girls.
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We grew to know the meaning of love. That is what allowed me and my family to stay close together.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
