Sharon Jones Quotes

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be.

Sharon Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

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HairFakeFeelI CanWantGenuine

Aggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs.

Joan Jett

PeopleMeToughAggressiveMeanMay

I had a lot of trouble in school to begin with. I got left back in kindergarten, and I was in special education. My teachers didn't have very much faith in me.

Jesse Ball

EducationFaithSchoolMeBack

I was born in Sherman Oaks, California.

Jennifer Aniston

BornCaliforniaI Was Born

I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.

Andrew Tobias

LifePeopleControlThinkMoreOver

It's usually good news when people call collectively.

Michael C. Hall

GoodPeopleGood NewsNewsCall

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music.

Sufjan Stevens

MusicMindBeingOtherWaysPopular

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

Mary J. Blige

ChildrenTimeParentingPoorMy Own

Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions.

Jaron Lanier

ComputersMusiciansPowerfulWill

You're either on team Republican or team Democrat, and it's the idea that one of these sides has a perfect record of being correct and is worth supporting on 100% of the causes. I find that kind of thinking extremely dangerous and very intellectually dishonest.

Jonathan Hickman

TeamThinkingWorthYouPerfect

I always wanted to retire a Piston anyway. That's where I stayed the longest and had most of my success. I always wanted to be remembered as a Piston.

Chauncey Billups

SuccessAlwaysRetireRememberedHad

It's very human to try to put things into boxes, and it's hard for us to reconcile with grey areas, and yet somehow, that's the area I find the most poetic, the juiciest.

Arca

FindGreyTryHumanHardThings

There are many ways people think of God, and thousands of flavors of Christianity, Judaism, Islam... but they're always looking at something that's not measurable or you can't really see or control.

Anthony Levandowski

GodPeopleControlLookingThink

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