Beyonce (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter) Quotes
I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.
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Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk song, the storytelling tradition in folk music. And so for years I wrote mostly story songs. I still do that, but as I've gone on, it's gotten a little more personal. I used to write mostly in the third person. I write a little more in the first person now.
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I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.
