Natalie Cole Quotes
When I sang my father's songs in concert, that was all people wanted to hear. I was always asking myself, 'Can I measure up?'
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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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In a democratic country, when a man is accused, he's accused from a document issued by the public attorney.
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I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.
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Philosophers (and probably most intellectuals) are more interested in pursuing what they see as the logical implications of their theories than they are in paying attention to the shlumpy diversity of defensible values that people actually have, and then trying to figure out how these might be negotiated in the life of an agent or community.
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I'm always excited about stories that allow me to explore a character and create interesting stories and worlds that we haven't seen before.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.
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When I sang my father's songs in concert, that was all people wanted to hear. I was always asking myself, 'Can I measure up?'
