Deeba Quotes
A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization!
Quotes to Explore
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.
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Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.
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Good nature is often a mere matter of health.
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Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.
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I can never be important to any one.' 'What is to prevent you?' 'Every thing — my situation — my foolishness and awkwardness.
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Life is like a game of chess...there are many moves possible, but each move determines your next move...where you wind up is the sum total of all your past moves...but first you have to make some kind of move.
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Wealth without goodness is a worthless increase, and goodness needs substance.
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None of us start out strong ... And none of us have the exact same strengths.
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I've been wearing kimono for several years, and armor.
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The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.
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Thinking for yourself is the thing on which everything else depends.
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In my suffrage work, I learned beyond question that the news coming through the great press agencies was colored and distorted; and if this has been done on one subject, it has doubtless been done on others. A good many women, I think, learned a wholesome distrust of press reports during the suffrage struggle.
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I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.
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Who can forget the music of the French composer Germaine Tailleferre? These are just a few composers whose aesthetic ideals we all share, and there are many more women creators writing stunning and exciting music, and I wish I had space to list them all!
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The last verse [In My Secret Life] completely got to me, about how we all have great ideals but in reality we end up conforming, following everyone else. We want to be stronger so we lead that life inside, thinking of ourselves as these great brave souls. I literally thought when I was 15 that I was a musical genius and I could change the world, but in fact you're not and you can't and you don't, and that realisation is almost heartbreaking.
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A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization!
