Beyonce (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter) Quotes

As a child I trained myself to dance in very high heels. At 13, in Destiny's Child, we were told to wear heels, but at first we couldn't walk in them. We couldn't keep our knees straight, but we learned.

Beyonce Destiny's Child

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• Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was really excited to tell me there was a huge 'I Hate Zac Efron' club at her school. I'm sure they're doing great. More power to them.

  

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• Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.

  

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• There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.

  

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• The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

  

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• We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.

  

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• The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

  

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• The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

  

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• The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.

  

  J. Edgar Hoover
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• Over time, our emerging high-usage products will likely generate significant new revenue streams for Google as well as for our partners, just as search does today.

  

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• Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.

  

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• When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.

  

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• Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.

  

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• Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.

  

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• I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

  

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• If you're not mindful about sugar, high sugar intake is just the worst thing for you, but I'm, like, everything in moderation, and that's how I approach it.

  

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• It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

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• Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.

  

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• One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.

  

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• The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful.

  

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• There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any degree of deference, it seems necessary that people should imagine you have more accomplishments than you discover.

  

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• The more confident you are, the more you can let go and believe that the people you've chosen to be in your circle are able to do what they say they're going to do and what they're really good at. It has made me a better band member, too.

  

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• It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.'

  

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  • Great
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• The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others.

  

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• As a child I trained myself to dance in very high heels. At 13, in Destiny's Child, we were told to wear heels, but at first we couldn't walk in them. We couldn't keep our knees straight, but we learned.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Children
  • High
  • Dance