Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
It just works better for me to discriminate between which thoughts are mine and which come from elsewhere, before I even talk about them or express them - it helps to keep me focused on my path.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.
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'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
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Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'
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You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'
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A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.
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The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.
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I like a little movie I did in the early nineties called 'Mortal Thoughts.' The part was hardly written, but I learned a lot making it. No one remembers it.
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I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.
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A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.
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It just works better for me to discriminate between which thoughts are mine and which come from elsewhere, before I even talk about them or express them - it helps to keep me focused on my path.
