Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes
Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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The commencement of the last fifty years is about the beginning of that great change and improvement in the condition of women which exceeds all the gains of hundreds of years before.
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Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him.
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My dad came over from Ireland when he was 13 and lived on the streets, working on building sites, and has just retired from his job delivering furniture for John Lewis. My mum has had the same job for 30 years as a sales assistant at Marks and Spencer. They've always been really great; they just want me to be happy.
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Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try to be honest with the character, with the writing. I'm not a tricksy actor; I'm not exactly a scenery-chewing kind of actor.
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Why is being outed such a big deal? When I find out that someone's gay, my respect for them increases tenfold.
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Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today.
