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Tracy Chapman Quotes

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 30, 1964

Topics

Yourself Fight Dress People Succeed

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three.

Robert Motherwell

Time Walking You Find Go Three

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

Learning Beginning Mind Brain Look

I'm happiest with my family around me.

Family Me Happiest Around

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

Change Future Time Stress Short

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can't get anywhere near as complex as a real person.

Character People Complicated Person

I went from 250 to, like, 175 in three and a half, four months. And then I ended up graduating with honors. I went from a 2.4 to a 3.06 in a year. It's funny how those two are related. I don't want to say that if you lose weight, you'll get smarter, but... well, it worked for me.

Funny Me Year You Lose Three

That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time.

Love Time Challenge Hip-Hop Why

Leaders of companies of any size, at any stage of development spend a lot of time focused on growing the business. We develop our game plan and ensure that we are optimally executing on our objectives. We concentrate on looking forward.

Business Time Looking Forward Game

I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they do.

Work Women Me Say Admire Whatever

Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women.

Pramila Jayapal

Good Women Grateful Name Famous May

I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache.

Scott Patterson

Dreams Your Dreams Mountains City

I believe in my God-given athletic ability and the coaches that have been blessed around me. I believe I can do the job as a quarterback in the NFL.

Job Me Blessed Believe I Can NFL

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