Orlando Aloysius Battista Quotes
The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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As a youngster, my parents made me aware that all that was from the African Diaspora belonged to me. So I came in with Caribbean music, African music, Latin music, gospel music and blues.
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For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.
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I'm really happy in my own skin.
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The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.
