Terry Ellis Quotes
Performing at the CIAA tournament was absolutely so cool because I am proud to say that I am an Alumni of an HBC.
Quotes to Explore
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By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
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Every fight is a different experience.
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Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
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The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.
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I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.
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At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.
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I feel like LeBron James is an amazing basketball player, but he's also a community person.
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When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.
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My friend is not allowed to go out today. I sit by his side and read him passages from his own life. They fill him with surprise. Everyone should keep someone else's diary; I sometimes suspect you of keeping mine.
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The story ends up being a journey of self-discovery.
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Most individuals work much harder to hang on to what they have than to take the necessary risk to shoot for their dreams.
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Management that is destructively critical when mistakes are made kills initiative. And it's essential that we have many people with initiative if we are to continue to grow.
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Don't be afraid to step out and trust God. He is more faithful than the rising of the sun.
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When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a certain amount of 'Who am I? Am I a criminal?' and so on. It took me a long time to come to terms with myself. Those were painful years - painful then and painful to look back on.
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I got approached by SoBe a few months ago about being an ambassador and I learned about the previous ones including Naomi Campbell, so I was instantly interested! Then I tried and really liked it. It's different and has interesting flavours... we don't have anything like it in the U.K.
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The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.
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When I'm performing, sometimes a lyric will touch on my personal life, and it can be difficult to sing. For instance, when I sing 'How I Love You,' I'll choke up.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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Performing at the CIAA tournament was absolutely so cool because I am proud to say that I am an Alumni of an HBC.
