Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I brought several national projects to Katihar.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.
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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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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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I would like to call India a gold-mine of art. It's really the richest in the world.
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At Campbell's, we're listening to consumers. We recognize that real and healthier food is better for our consumers and our business. Our goal is to be the leading health and well-being food company.
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That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.
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Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.
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Only think of my being alive with a reputation!
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Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.
