Chaka Khan Quotes
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.
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Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
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In many college classes, laptops depict split screens - notes from a class, and then a range of parallel stimulants: NBA playoff statistics on ESPN.com, a flight home on Expedia, a new flirtation on Facebook.
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Richard Childress and myself have made some important innovations on our cars.
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I think 'Lost' was really a pioneer in the use of the kind of connection between a television show and the Internet, and the Internet really gave fans an opportunity to create a community around the show. That was something that wasn't really planned; it just sort of grew up in the wake of the show.
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I'm not the only one in the studio a lot of times, so I have my boys in there and they'll tell me and give me their suggestions and what they think.
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In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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No, we didn't shoot... in the ones that I did there were hardly any sex... there were suggestions of sex scenes but we never actually shot a sex scene as such.
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What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
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I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
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Just as you go to the gym regularly to keep your body fit, regular couples counseling can keep your relationship fit as well.
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Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play crazy people who are very well written.
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President Obama is committed to Hispanics and migrants.
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If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one.
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My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
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I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success.
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Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound.
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I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.
