John Roger Stephens (John Legend) Quotes
People like Dick Gregory, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone show me what the definition of an artist is - it isn't just to make art but to speak truth to what's happening, speak beauty into the world, speak love into the world and also... get involved.John Roger Stephens
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
Florence Henderson -
All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
Nancy Gibbs -
If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
Ted Shackelford -
There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
Rachel Cusk -
I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
Queen Latifah -
Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
Dane DeHaan
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
Sam Shepard -
I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.
Yang Lan -
I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
Iman -
I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
T. S. Eliot -
I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
Natalie Imbruglia -
Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
Laila Ali
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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
Yami Gautam -
I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.
Tawni O'Dell -
I've been around the bend in corporations.
Indra Nooyi -
If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.
Tamae Watanabe -
When I'm on the road with concerts, people ask me to autograph my CDs, but more and more they come up with the cookbooks.
Mandy Patinkin -
Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.
Vernon Howard
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
Larry Hagman -
I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
Kate Bernheimer -
I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
Martha Stewart -
And now that Martina McBride knows of T.I., and T.I. knows of Martina McBride, that made me very happy, too. It's introducing worlds to different people and bringing them together with a song.
Robert James Ritchi -
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
Dean Acheson -
People like Dick Gregory, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone show me what the definition of an artist is - it isn't just to make art but to speak truth to what's happening, speak beauty into the world, speak love into the world and also... get involved.
John Roger Stephens