Leandra Medine Quotes
Next time you look in the mirror, close your eyes and ask yourself when you feel like the best version of you. When you open them, act on that.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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What led to my change of views about the Clintons was working through the research and writing on the book on Hillary.
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I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.
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As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.
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Next time you look in the mirror, close your eyes and ask yourself when you feel like the best version of you. When you open them, act on that.
