Tionne Watkins Quotes
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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I grew up as a country boy.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I studied Morse code.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I like rap. I like anything with soul. I like anything you can feel, anything that makes you think that the artist had to make that song, or they were going to go crazy.
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I don't like controversy.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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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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Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms.
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My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you'd usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me.
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A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me.
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I'm not a stand-up comedian; I'm not a satirist.
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Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.
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I grew up around guys and got along with them better.
