Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.
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Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani and the government have committed themselves to a process. I don't think this process is about changing the principles of the Islamic republic, but it is about accepting a certain path of opening in the political and economic fields.
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God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy.
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Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their citizens in explaining their decisions and their choices in global markets.
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Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.
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Sometimes, things just fall into your lap, and that's pretty incredible.
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'It is what you believe that translates in the life you live.'
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Twenty kilometers. At an average speed of 120 klicks per hour, we should cover the distance in ten minutes. Ten freezing, adrenaline-pumping, gorge-rising, terror-beating-against-the-ribs, react-in-a-microsecond-or-die seconds.
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We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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Did I do all right?
