Mahalia Jackson Quotes
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or would be. Once I made the choice to actually do it, I just went for it. I just dove in and have really learned a lot about putting a scent together. It's kind of exciting.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.
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I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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It's a great beauty tip, if you ever want to look five years younger, to shave off your eyebrows. It's amazing what it does. It really shaves off the years.
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I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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We get to a point where we're like, you know what, one day we're just not gonna be here anymore, so I'm going to enjoy every second of it.
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.
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I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.
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Osho is one of India's greatest mystics.... I see him as one of the world's great teachers, thinkers, philosophers and guides of our times. I have enormous respect for his world vision and the kind of International Communities he is building. I have always felt his influence in my life.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
