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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After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is.
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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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You can't quite believe what you are hearing - and it's not necessarily something that you can listen to all the time because it's too intense - but it changes the way you go about making music.
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I think that when you're kind of just shoved out there and you have to be tough and you're facing tough people and people are saying bad things about you, that all of a sudden, you have to become a little less sweet.
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She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
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I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.
