Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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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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My mornings go by so fast I forget breakfast. Lunch - that's turned out to be my biggest meal. I like tuna fish with low-fat mayonnaise and celery, egg whites and garlic. It's delish.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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How often do we see a Muslim woman who is intelligent and independent, and has a voice of her own and is career-driven, on American TV?
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I care more about the people than about the company. That's why I don't want to own it. I don't want to run a business. People do it better than I do.
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I don't want to be a facilitator for other funny people. It doesn't seem smart for me to be in a comedy and not be funny. My spirit can't take it.
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She felt so old, so worn out, so far away from the best moments of her life that she even yearned for those that she remembered as the worst… Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia. The need to feel sad was becoming a vice as the years eroded her. She became human in her solitude.
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When we manage a restaurant, we start making money from the first day. When we own a place, it's often five years before we earn the first penny that is clean of debt.
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I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.
