Beyonce (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter) Quotes
We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities.
Quotes to Explore
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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I find the light and work it, work it, work it.
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I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. I see them and I have this word in my head - respect. I also look to learn. I see these women and I think, 'Yes, it can be balanced, it can all work out.'
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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I never get recognized for 'Mean Girls.' I can be walking around with Daniel Franzese, who's in the movie and a friend of mine, and people will come up to him and start freaking out and have no idea who I am.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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We have a lot of work to do, but we can get there if we work together. Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more than 50 percent of voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities.
