Elton John Quotes
That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life. That record helped me get sober. So she played a big part in my actual downfall and kind of 'rebirth'' as it were. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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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 trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.
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I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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I have no guitar technique.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords.
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I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.
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One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
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From elementary school on up through junior high school, I loved to perform. But I put it all away during high school and college. I thought, "That's not actually something you do with your life." But then I was compelled to try it after college. I just got overcome.
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That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life. That record helped me get sober. So she played a big part in my actual downfall and kind of 'rebirth'' as it were. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did.
