Karen E. Quinones Miller Quotes
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the kind of joy that can take over a crowd of people or a group of people, in festivity, in ecstatic ritual of some kind, in celebration.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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I'm no ethnomusicologist. There is a connection between the five-note scale used both in traditional Chinese music and the blues, but I don't really understand it. All I know is, whenever I play with Chinese musicians, we seem to belong to the same musical gene pool.
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Multinationals are more sensitive to public pressure because they have bigger brand names, and they have made commitments to be environmentally sensitive. Chinese firms are not used to this kind of pressure yet.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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We tend to be desensitized by the non-stop media coverage of the relief effort, thinking there's nothing more we can do. We're just happy to have a song and a video that keeps the awareness of how monumental this task is and that we have to keep trying to do everything we can to help.
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I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
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I did indulge myself in a lot of history reading, to inform myself as to who the real woman was. As far as other actresses’ portrayals, though, I tried to stay clear. It muddles your process, I find.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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My mom took me to see 'Annie' on Broadway when I was little, and I just wanted to be doing what those girls were doing.
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Life it too short to deal with crazy people.
