Beyonce (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter) Quotes
The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?
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Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
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One of my biggest and most influential was 'The Golden Girls.' That show, I remember specific episodes.
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Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business of making controversial art.
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You know, my Dear, I never meddle in matters of Death; I always leave those Affairs to you. Women indeed are bitter bad Judges in these cases, for they are so partial to the Brave that they think every Man handsome who is going to the Camp or the Gallows.
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I think that's the point of what we all should all be doing: trying to make the impossible possible.
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The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.
