Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Chimere's not mine. That hurt 'cause I had attached myself to this guy, you know. This is my son. I'm looking at him, and I'm picturing I'm gonna be old, and he's gonna be - this is my son! It's not my son.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ne-Yo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Annenberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And then, you know, I just put on the calculator watch and the glasses, and just be all, you know, inappropriate. And then it just works out fine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rainn Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Communication isn't just directing a guy on what to do: it's passing the information along to the guy that's next to you, and that's where we make the calls come to life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Quinn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm such a relationship guy. I really am. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lance Bass 
			 
			
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		I'm a big guy, but I'm really simple with the food. I'll hit the In-N-Out or just the regular buffets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Iglesias 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. R. Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed O'Neill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olga Kurylenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Foxy Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sammy Hagar 
			 
			
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		I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				K. D. Lang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olly Murs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Calvin Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry McGuigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Turner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbra Streisand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Being an impatient guy, even off the field, I would always look to score runs and score them quickly. Sometimes I panic if runs are not coming. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gautam Gambhir 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When people think of me, they think about me knocking catchers down and knocking second basemen down and yelling at pitchers. But when I took the spikes off after the game, I was a nice guy when I went home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pete Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We're still missing about a dozen vaccines that will make a huge difference. For adults, we've got HIV and TB are still huge; for kids malaria is still killing a half million kids a year out of that 6 million. We probably need some vaccines, but we need a little more data to make sure we're getting the vaccines that will save the most lives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bill Gates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really got back to my New Orleans roots - my grandfather played with Fats Domino. We had to leave after Katrina, but I feel like, spiritually, I'm back there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dawn Angeliqué Richard 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		The musicians in Chicago gave me my vocation, but New York calls to a jazz musician, for sure. You want to test your mettle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kurt Elling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Chimere's not mine. That hurt 'cause I had attached myself to this guy, you know. This is my son. I'm looking at him, and I'm picturing I'm gonna be old, and he's gonna be - this is my son! It's not my son. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ne-Yo