Yannick Noah Quotes
I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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I have a great office.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't matter if the book gets published and lots of people get to read it, or if you make just one copy and you share that book with one friend.
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Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.
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A cardio workout increases blood flow and acts as a filter system. It brings nutrients like oxygen, protein, and iron to the muscles that you've been training and helps them recover faster.
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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
