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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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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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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The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
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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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'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?
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The most famous people in the world today don’t address the world’s most pressing needs. Rather, they distract us from them.They provide amusement, not sustenance.
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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.
