John Roger Stephens (John Legend) Quotes
There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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I had people at Perrysburg High School in my life in Perrysburg who believed in me and told me I could do anything I wanted too, and I foolishly believed them.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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With 'Human Giant,' we tested almost everything live and made tweaks based on what worked and what didn't.
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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.
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The so-called 'peace' is an interval between wars.
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Being a barber is about taking care of the people.
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There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories.
