Natalie Cole Quotes
My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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I'd love sloth. I wish sloth would come home and visit me once in a while. I don't consider laziness a sin at all.
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To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
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That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.
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One must respect black. Nothing prostitutes it.
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
