Natalie Cole Quotes
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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One moment cannot be the most important.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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I have been singing randomly, obsessively, obnoxiously for as long as I can remember.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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I love baseball, and the door remains open.
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I fell in love with Neil's pain. We were in this cocoon of intensity. Neil and I were uniquely in the same position at the same time, having overwhelming success facing us.
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The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
