Yael Naim Quotes
I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone.
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I think I'm as good if not better than everyone else.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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My manager has season tix to the Dodgers, four seats to 40 games, and they're right behind the plate, I mean, they're amazing, food and waiter service, which is insane.
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I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
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I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Documentation is a love letter that you write to your future self.
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I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
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I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
