Amiri Baraka Quotes
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
Natalie Maines -
I found my style and how I like to do makeup from trying and failing and trying and failing again, and unfortunately, I had to do it publicly to figure it out.
Kat Graham -
I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
Caity Lotz -
Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.
Ed Markey -
Size matters in fiction, but so does lack of size. Everything else being equal, fat novels tend to be perceived as serious, very thin ones as more honest, more real. Writers address these age-old expectations by filling their big books with philosophy and cramming their little ones with feeling.
Walter Kirn -
I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.
Jackee Harry
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
Gabrielle Giffords -
I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.
Nancy Roman -
I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
Yves Saint Laurent -
I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.
Gary Bettman -
I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
J. D. Salinger -
I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.
Hari Kunzru
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Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. If you keep your eyes open as you travel around, you realize we are destroying this planet.
Yvon Chouinard -
You're working with adults and you're being paid to do a job. And you're a kid. Then you go back to high school, and everybody's partying, and they're doing math. I always felt a little bit outside of it. Outside of both experiences, really.
Tatiana Maslany -
This person has done at least two (2) things that would be classified as 'unforgivable.'
Chuck Klosterman -
I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business’ success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
Hillary Clinton -
Just as iron rusts unless it is used, and water putrifies or, in cold, turns to ice, so our intellect spoils unless it is kept in use.
Leonardo da Vinci
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I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it.
Labrinth LSD -
When people ask, 'What role are you dying to play?' I always say, 'The one being written for me right now.'
Bryan Batt -
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.
Saul Bellow -
The serious problems facing the world... will only be solved if women have a seat at the table and are listened to as to what is required. These issues will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families and their global and local communities.
Jenny Shipley -
I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.
Amiri Baraka