Natalie Cole Quotes
I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.

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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine.
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I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!"
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My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don't know why.
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There's no doubt that I'm a better president now than when I first took office. This is not a job where there's a manual, and over time you get a better sense of what's important, what's not, how to see around corners and anticipate problems, as opposed to just managing problems once they've arrived.
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Success is somebody else's failure. Success is the American Dream we can keep dreaming because most people in most places, including thirty million of ourselves, live wide awake in the terrible reality of poverty.
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I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.