Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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How can you think and hit at the same time?
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive to be humble.
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We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so fast... It will be some finite number of years, and I don't know the number - before our doom comes.
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I want to do something that can support all the people in Korea and the world who see us and are inspired to do their own thing.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.
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Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.
