Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith) Quotes
Auto-tune is good to keep your notes intact, but it doesn't do much for the feel of your voice.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
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A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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Is letting our children watch TV a form of child abuse? If our children grow up knowing everything about Britney Spears and nothing about nature or faith, about anything, is that not a form of child abuse?
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
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These are people who haven't gone through the legal means to becoming citizens like our forefathers did. They want all the benefits but none of the responsibilities.
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I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up energy costs in one part of the country to subsidize energy in another region.
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I'm not sure whether it's good fortune or bad, but I've died many times on screen.
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Good and evil lay side by side.
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What I always wanted to be was a magician... My real upbringing when I was a teenager was doing magic shows, all over the state, with my father and brothers. Doing magic, you not only have to be able to do a trick, you have to have a little story line to go with it. And writing is essentially a trick.
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Auto-tune is good to keep your notes intact, but it doesn't do much for the feel of your voice.
