Eleanora Fagan (Billie Holiday) Quotes
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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There is always pressure in football.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
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I would love to do some theater.
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My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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All of us grow.
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On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have set my sights on the millennium and a world where we are all equal.
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Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.'
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No matter who you are, no matter what you're doing, no matter how focus you are, no matter how ready you think you? are, you're not gonna catch me
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Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
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There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
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It takes a bad woman to be a good godmother.
