Tionne Watkins Quotes
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, 'These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,' they will do all eight very earnestly.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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I am very much a Republican.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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A temple, first of all, is a place of
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In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.
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As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.
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No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
