bell hooks Quotes
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.
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We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are conscious of that or not. And if we can't unplug from that machine, eventually we're going to become mindless.
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It's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
