Wadada Leo Smith Quotes
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I don't really yell at people.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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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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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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… ‘I’ve only one hobby, and that is my wife.’
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Gary Allan has long been one of country's most reliably velvet-voiced beautiful losers.
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I was badly bullied when I was in the seventh grade - relentlessly, mercilessly - by a group of 12-year-old girls. And it left me with a determination that no matter what, I had to throw my shoulders back, stick out my chin, and project a sense that no one and nothing could hurt me. That turned out to be a life-changing mistake.
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There will be Apple Glass, and Google Glass, and RIM Glass. These companies are all working on glass. I think everyone is going to be making glass. I think we're also going to have a glass war instead of a smartphone war.
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As a rapper, I was heavily influenced by American rap albums. But for songs that are more melody-driven, I get my inspiration from Korean albums.
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I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.
