Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
I have a daughter who's four, who's dainty and princess-esque. I still get to dress her like my little accessory. I think I have one more year to do that, then she's going to get her own ideas - so I better move quickly!
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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Aesthetically, I don't really like the blond, tan thing. I am pale. So I may as well embrace the pale. Long, blond hair and a bad spray tan is the stuff of my nightmares.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
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True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
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If I am confirmed as secretary of labor, I intend to keep faith with the men and the women who still work at jobs like those my parents held.
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Brooke Shields has been a child star and has grown into an incredible actress. She is very accomplished, and I look up to her. She had a mother's sense to her.
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I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
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Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden).
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I have a daughter who's four, who's dainty and princess-esque. I still get to dress her like my little accessory. I think I have one more year to do that, then she's going to get her own ideas - so I better move quickly!
