Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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Regardless of what the record is, what the score is, you always go out there and compete.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's gonna show you when he gets to that moment. They're the great test of the validity of the material.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.
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It's fun to come back to the town where I went to school and see all the new Wildcat players.
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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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My plan is to work on a master's in philosophy.
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I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.
