Natalie Cole Quotes
People said when I started, 'Why don't you just copy your father's style?' I had to be myself, singing my songs in my own way.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.
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The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From Arkansas? Shoot.
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I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
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Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.
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It's not racist if I like the race. But I don't like Asian people.
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People said when I started, 'Why don't you just copy your father's style?' I had to be myself, singing my songs in my own way.
