Leona Lewis Quotes
People would ask me, 'what do you want to be when you're older?' and I'd be like, 'a singer', and they'd be like, 'what do you really want to be?' and I'd be like, 'oh, I really want to be a singer.'
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because of the way they think, and a sense of humour is irresistible.
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I'm very pleased to be part of the XCOR team and look forward to working with friends and colleagues on many of the exciting development efforts at XCOR, including the family of Lynx vehicles.
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There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.
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A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that you have to dumb down what you would normally write for kids. But I think you have to work harder when you write for kids, to make sure every word is right, that it's there for the right reason.
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People would ask me, 'what do you want to be when you're older?' and I'd be like, 'a singer', and they'd be like, 'what do you really want to be?' and I'd be like, 'oh, I really want to be a singer.'
