Coco Lee Quotes
When I work, I work. I don't think about anything else. I just wanna get the work done. And I'm a perfectionist.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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I always think that I love doing what I'm doing at the moment. The past is over. I can't go play one of those characters again. But I can play this and I can continue to grow in what I'm doing at the moment and that's really what I'm thinking about now.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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'Mvula' is my married name, but for some reason my nan calls me 'McVula.' I'm not sure if it's one of those jokey Caribbean things, or whether she's just getting it wrong.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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I think, in general, it's better not to respond to reviews of your work.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.
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It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
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All in all, this whole period of winter 1919-20 was a single struggle to strengthen confidence in the victorious might of the young movement and raise it to that fanaticism of faith which can move mountains.
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When I work, I work. I don't think about anything else. I just wanna get the work done. And I'm a perfectionist.
