Missy Elliott Quotes

All of the trials and tribulations from personal to the artist. It shows that I'm human. People see the glamorous stuff, but they don't see the background.

Missy Elliott

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For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Maya Angelou

TruthManMePresentPlaceKnow

Comedy is king for me; it's the genre that everyone loves.

Robert Greenblatt

KingMeComedyEveryoneGenreLoves

I would say Gary Snyder, who is from my part of the world as a poet and environmental thinker, will be read just as Henry Thoreau as John Muir will continue to be read.

Robert Hass

EnvironmentalWorldSayWillPoet

My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life, and I believe that we should have a culture of life. It's informed by my faith from beginning to end. And this not just as it related to unborn babies - I did it at the end of life issues as well. This is something that goes way beyond politics.

Jeb Bush

LifeFaithCulturePoliticsI Am

Where we have the choice between putting a dollar against those that are going to advance horizontal integration and those that are going to sustain current capability, we'd rather put them against the horizontal integration activity.

Stephen Cambone

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I travel a lot. I didn't want to be stuck sitting in my office managing the business.

Mike Schultz

BusinessTravelWantSittingOffice

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Louisa May Alcott

LearningFearSailShipAfraidHow

It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

BetterKnowNothingUselessThings

Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.

Jason Calacanis

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When I'm composing a scene for the first time, I try to imitate my character. The less critical distance the better - particularly when they're acting badly.

Jonathan Dee

CharacterTimeBetterActingTry

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

Donald Knuth

SciencePeopleBetterLivingEarn

I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.

Chris Carter

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