Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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There will not be a billion-shekel cut to education on my watch.
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I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
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Red Carpet has a nice package abstraction layer that allows us to support RPMs and DEBs transparently.
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I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn't, what is duplicative, and what isn't even being utilized. We'll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
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I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very tragically comic.
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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They say the doctors and the nurses are least likely to catch the epidemic. If you have a friend who is dishonest or impure, the surest way to save yourself from him is to try to save him.
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Do not overeat; that invites disease.
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When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.
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There are people who have money and people who are rich.
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I've had two callers ask, 'Did you ever work for someone who is poorer than you are?' Their idea is it takes a rich person to give you a job because jobs are something that are given to you, an inferior, from on high.
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We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.
