Sharon Jones Quotes

Until the '90s, major labels were looking for a certain look. This Sony guy told me I was 'too black, too fat, too short, and too old.' Told me to go and bleach my skin. Told me to step in the background and just stay back. I had the voice, but I didn't have the looks.

Sharon Jones

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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

Jessica Savitch

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I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling.

John Grisham

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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

John Milton

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A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

Jean Rostand

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There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur.

Michael Arrington

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Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I'm pleased I've been diving with consistency.

Tom Daley

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Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase counter-intelligence activities.

Roger Wicker

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When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, they're not going to be close.

Mike Singletary

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Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

Minor White

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It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. Not that I'm great or good at it or anything, it's just that I've done a bunch of them, so you're not shocked.

Jonah Hill

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I am never more or less motivated for a fight - it's always the same.

Donald Cerrone

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Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.

Christian Morgenstern

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