Lizzo (Melissa Jefferson) Quotes
I spent a lot of time star-gazing, writing, and learning languages when the other kids were doing cooler things in Detroit.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the grave, you truly have it right.
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Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.
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I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear.
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Men don't wear high heels, and they don't make allowances for women who do. Tottering down the corridors of power in beautiful but crippling stilettos telegraphs your preference for style over substance.
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I spent a lot of time star-gazing, writing, and learning languages when the other kids were doing cooler things in Detroit.
