Ursula Burns Quotes
Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training that next year and started off well, got sent down, and I pouted pretty much all of 2000. And it wasn't the right way to handle it.
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I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be - we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without.
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It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, I like to say, 'This is my long-term look.' Or 'This is my wife-and-kids look right here.'
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Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
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Business is tough; you need tough guys.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
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I watch 2001: A Space Odyssey every time it’s on. I made the kids watch it every time, too, and now they just love watching it. Stanley Kubrick’s great. And Blade Runner is one of my top three science fiction films. A lot of it has come true.
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I had found the upper limit of my courage. Fortunately for me, there is no known lower limit to human stupidity.
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Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.
