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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Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
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Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.
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A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.
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You don't go into the game to compete. You go into each game to win.
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It is not that the Englishman can't feel-it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks-his pipe might fall out if he did.
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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.
