Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up, or I'll hum. I just play things that I think the audience will like.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.
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I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
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Whoever is sitting in the White House, especially in their second term, when gas goes up to $3 a gallon, and Katrina, and whenever we're at war, that person sitting in the White House gets the brunt of the accusations.
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I never thought that I could make a living out of my voice, to be completely honest. I thought that I could probably keep playing pubs. And it was exciting for me to get even just a pub gig in my town or country, when I went to university.
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We embrace the idea -- advanced by both ancient philosophers and modern physicists -- that the world is one. Everything connects to everything; therefore, as we change, the world cannot but change with us.
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During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up, or I'll hum. I just play things that I think the audience will like.
