Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
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The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.
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I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.
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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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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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Th' only way t' entertain some folks is t' listen t' 'em.
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If you try to act, you're going to look like you're acting. So don't act.
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Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun.
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I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.
