Toni Braxton Quotes
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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I feel nowadays a lot of bands can be too overly produced. There's something about the leather pants and bare bodies and Axl Rose running back and forth on a stage and going crazy. I love all that.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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The great love of my life is music.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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The certainty that our football, the football of Spain, is recognised, that's very important to us - perhaps more important than the successes and the joy that you can create. Football hasn't always been appreciated, and luckily our football is appreciated now, at all levels of society.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
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It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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If I hadn't had Freddie Mercury's lyrics to hold on to as a kid I don't know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music... it would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.
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It gets a little crazy at Disneyland. It's a little bit more hardcore then people think.
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My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.
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Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?
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Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
