Michael Jackson Quotes
My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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I would categorize Die Antwoord as pop music: extreme, futuristic pop music.
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I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.
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Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.
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I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.
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We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.
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But if we ask where precisely in the brain that point of view is located, the simple assumptions that work so well on larger scales of space and time break down. It is now quite clear that there is no single point in the brain where all information funnels in, and this fact has some far from obvious consequences.
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With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile systems on the sphere we inhabit. It has shaped debates about business, design, and our lifestyles.
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I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love blues. I love jazz.
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Frewen and his colleague Ruth Lanius found that the more people were out of touch with their feelings, the less activity they had in the self-sensing areas of the brain. Because traumatized people often have trouble sensing what is going on in their bodies, they lack a nuanced response to frustration. They either react to stress by becoming “spaced out” or with excessive anger. Whatever their response, they often can’t tell what is upsetting them. This failure to be in touch with their bodies contributes to their well-documented lack of self-protection and high rates of revictimization and also to their remarkable difficulties feeling pleasure, sensuality, and having a sense of meaning.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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I was a bit scared because I came from the acting world. There was a fear that people would think of me kind of as a joke. But really, people think of me as a country artist who can act. That's my favorite compliment.
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My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.
