Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I think I'm a bit odd.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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When all the plants in a region are running at full steam, there is simply no way to get more power.
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I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.
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I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.
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A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.
