Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes

As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world.

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• I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.

  

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• It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.

  

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• When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

  

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• Every glass thermometer has subtle variations in the size and shape of the bulb at the bottom and the capillary tube inside, as well as variations in the width of gradations on the side. The compounded effect of these uncertainties is that each thermometer reads temperature slightly differently.

  

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• If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.

  

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• As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • World
  • Law
  • Matter