Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.
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While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged terrorist attacks on a global scale against the people from the countries who are fighting ISIS.
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A soup manufacturer uses the same colors and design on every label to catch the consumer's eye and assure her that she's getting brand-name quality, whether she's buying bean soup or corn chowder or cream of tomato.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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Perhaps the biggest appreciation adjustment we need is toward the millions of men and women we call stepparents. We have taken for granted especially the stepparents who are raising no children of their own, and receiving no income from a significant other, but who have nevertheless chosen to invest love, time and money in children.
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How do you stand tall and strong as a woman while trying to be the smartest woman in the room and try to remain non-threatening?
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It is trifling to believe in what you do or in what others do. You should avoid simulacra and even 'realities'; you should take up a position external to everything and everyone, drive off or grind down your appetites, live, according to a Hindu adage, with as few desires as a 'solitary elephant.
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What draws me to a project is how sympathetic I am toward it, so that I can relax into it and give up myself.
