Ciara (Ciara Princess Harris) Quotes
I like to oversee what I do, so I have a hand in writing my songs. I also have people there to help me with my vision.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
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It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
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In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
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I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
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I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
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If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.
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Fifty-nine cents. For years, I wore a button - '59 cents.' Many of my colleagues wore it also. The purpose was so that people would come up and ask, 'What does '59 cents' mean?' One could then launch into a discussion about how women working full time in the U.S. earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.
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People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week. They think you are different than who you are. Don't believe everything you hear.
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There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.
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The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP they have run out of better ideas.
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I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.
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I'm Jewish and my wife isn't so right now we're literally decorating a Christmas tree with Jewish stars draped around it.
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I like to oversee what I do, so I have a hand in writing my songs. I also have people there to help me with my vision.
