Elizabeth Wein Quotes
But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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You never want to sound bitter about critics, because they're entitled to do their job, too, but I place much more trust in a person who I can look in the eye and someone who I know I share some kind of taste with - so my friends, for instance. For me, a critic is unknown and therefore irrelevant.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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If we want to impact hundreds - or millions - of people, we have to do things differently. If we look at the problem as an infrastructural problem, we cannot make an impact because it requires a lot of effort. But when we convert this problem into a knowledge problem, suddenly the problem is manageable.
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The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.
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I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
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Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.
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We stand on our songs and we stand on the songs that we wrote for other people. That gives us a higher platform.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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When I was growing up, I thought I was getting bored of acting, so I left that. Then after a few years, I started missing it. I left my studies mid-way, and I used to give lots of auditions.
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As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home.
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Why did mainstream America come to accept marriage equality? Gay leaders had made a convincing case that gay families were like straight families and should have the same rights. The American spirit of fair play had been invoked.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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Historically, the National Religious Party, which my party - Jewish Home - is built upon, has aligned itself in consecutive Israeli governments with the ultra-Orthodox factions.
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People see my modelling and see me getting papped all the time and don't really get to see me because I don't do much TV or whatever.
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They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed - I, too, am America.
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In middle school, you're figuring out how you're affecting people, and sometimes you're affecting people negatively. And what sucks is that it can affect people for their whole lives. I didn't realize I was a part of that.
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... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.
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There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking the whole game. It really depends on the mood and vibe that I'm in that day.
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I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.
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If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.
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But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.
