Ashanti (Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas) Quotes
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
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There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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I tested on a lot of TV shows and films after I finished drama school.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.
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These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.
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If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.
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When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.
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A lot of people have come with 100 songs and never had the impact that I have with one, and I'm well aware of that.
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Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand.
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The team at ASCAP is a genuine family, and I am proud to be part of an organization that is home to so many legendary songwriters and composers.
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The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we're going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will be gone, and the elephants will be gone, and the tigers will be gone, and the pandas will be gone.
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Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
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We like lists because we don't want to die.
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It's not a 24-hour news cycle, it's a 60-second news cycle now, it's instantaneous. It has never been easier to get away with telling lies. It has never been easier to get away with the glib one liner.
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I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.
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I'm not trying to unite Asian people with my music.
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The world is filled with great sporting events.
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
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A beautiful eyelash is an important adjunct to the eye. The lashes may be lengthened by trimming them occasionally in childhood. Care should be taken that this trimming is done neatly and evenly, and especially that the points of the scissors do not penetrate the eye.
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When I'm not performing? I'm looking for the next big thing.
