Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.
Quotes to Explore
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I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
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I call my therapist every other day. It's not a one-stop shop. You have to push away all that negativity in your head. Face it, name it, let it go.
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Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!
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I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I'm going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?
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I think sometimes we seem to obsess on negativity.
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The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it was important to move into new territory. It wasn't just negativity. There was open hostility. Then I got a certain amount of flak because it didn't sell as many as 'Rumours.'
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The Anarchists set off World War I with a gunshot in Sarajevo - but they faded away. It wasn't that the police drove them out of business. The ideology had nowhere to go except into permanent negativity.
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The negativity will always be there. I think that's for any actress or actor. But I think you've got to take it with a pinch of salt.
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I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.
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We have to transcend our own negativity and vulnerability and work from our own inner security.
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Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color means one's race is a constant issue.
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Positivity gives me a boost to do better. Negativity gives me a boost to try and prove people wrong. So I use both of them positively.
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It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.
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I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.
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If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery.
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I don't know what my life would have been like if I'd never gotten into show business.
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My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D.C. proper and have a chef's table where people can come and taste my food without having to have a catered event.
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You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it.
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I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.
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It's hard to explain how much one can love writing. If people knew how happy it can make you, we would all be writing all the time. It's the greatest secret of the world.
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If I could keep a single moment for all time, that would be the one. I became the very air; I was full of stars.
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If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.
