Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.
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My real last name is Flores, and Milian is actually my mom's maiden name. So it's not made up, which is cool; it runs in the family. And it actually worked out better for my career to have the last name Milian, because Flores kept me in a little box, and no one really associated me with the last name Flores.
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The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.
