Tones and I (Toni Watson) Quotes
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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How will we defend ourselves if the Patriot Act expires? Well, perhaps we could just rely on the Constitution and demonstrate exactly how traditional judicial warrants can gather all the info we need - and how bulk collection really hasn't worked.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs.
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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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For some reason, lots of terrible things start here and then spread. The Cold War was one. It didn't start in Berlin - it started in Athens in December 1944; the contagion in the eurozone started here in 2010. We are perfectly capable as Europeans of messing things up unnecessarily.
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A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.
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I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.
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I love to interview outrageous people who speak their minds; also, people who have some kind of mystery attached to them.
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When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both.
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If I'm not feeling so hot during the day - maybe I couldn't sleep, and the kids are wearing me out, and I'm not feeling very cute - I might go and curl my hair and put on some lipstick and put some fun music on. And that builds my confidence. It's the small things. You have to find out what works for you.
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I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then!
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After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older.
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I have confidence in the songs that I've written and I'm not going to change anything.
