Mariah Carey Quotes
We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that upper register? I doubt it.

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Isolationism is over.
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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
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The real war will never get in the books.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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Just because you make a good plan, doesn't mean that's what's gonna happen.
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I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
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Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.
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When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet Thing' a cappella, and it was such a differentiating moment for me. I realized that we are separate from each other - she has dreams and goals.
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If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
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Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.
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I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
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As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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This is near enough true bliss.
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The study of economic organization commonly proceeds as though market and administrative modes of organization were disjunct. Market organiĀzation is the province of economists. InterĀnal organization is the concern of organization theory specialist. And never the twain shall meet.
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In 2006, when I had come very close to calling my agent and telling him I needed to take a break, NaNoWriMo was where I found my inspiration again.
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My feeling is that the beaches should belong to everybody. Nobody should be able to build anything. It causes erosion. It's a bad thing altogether.
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After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.
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If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.
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We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that upper register? I doubt it.