Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes
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I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
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You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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For golf, being in the Olympics is a big boost. More so for Indian golf.
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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Any team that has Shade as their leader is bound to have a pretty directionless quality. But when Cyborg asks Shade to gather the Secret Seven together and help him stop the war between Wonder Woman and Aquaman, Shade agrees - albeit reluctantly.
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Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
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Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl.
