Princess Nokia (Destiny Nicole Frasqueri) Quotes
I just want to purify my body, purify my mind, and make good music and keep living my life.
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting.
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I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.
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At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air bachelor pad. It was where he first met the Beatles.
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I'm a pro-life candidate because I believe that science is proving us right every day.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.
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I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I've never apologized for them - and I won't.
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Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
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I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.
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You may imagine me the very shadow of my husband.
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I just want to purify my body, purify my mind, and make good music and keep living my life.
