Nina Simone Quotes

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.

Nina Simone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003

Topics

MusicFreedomExcellenceImportant

I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there's humor. And if you don't show that, you're not being true to real life.

Jenji Kohan

LifeHumorLiePeopleThinkYou

I was living with my mom in a tiny apartment in Chula Vista, near Third and H Street behind the 7-Eleven. It was crazy to be on the phone with Stevie Wonder. I felt like a meteor hit our apartment!

Andra Day

MomCrazyPhoneWonderLivingLike

Yakima Canutt was famously John Wayne's stunt double, and in the Western movie 'Stagecoach,' there is a fantastic scene where there are some horses thundering along, pulling a carriage. He climbs out onto the horses and drops down underneath them, so he's being dragged along, and then he lets go.

Steve Truglia

DownGoDropsOutDoubleStunt

The minute I'm off that stage, I try to get as 'me' as possible. I do that by piling on my black eyeliner, and I put on my ripped tights. Dressing like myself again helps.

Troian Bellisario

MyselfMeBlackPossibleTryStage

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

Shirley Temple

BeenYoungerOldestSinceEver

It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was giving me the big thumbs up.

Tony Parsons

NatureFatherMotherMeGivingBig

D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.

Marvin Sapp

WashingtonBuyMineRecordsTons

Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world it's not Manchester City that starts the conversation. 'Ah, yes, Manchester United,' is the response when I say where I come from. It's commonplace everywhere - in Europe, Africa, Asia and even the U.S.

Lucy Powell

FootballBlueSupportCityMindGo

The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism.

Lord Kelvin

ScienceResearchBelieveI Believe

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

Jayson Blair

MeBelieveDemonsRaceMy OwnOwn

If you see 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson, you remember him not only because he is Jack Nicholson and because he does a wonderful job, but because he is a threat. The bad guy is someone people will have in their minds forever if it's a good bad guy.

Jordi Molla

GoodJobPeopleSomeoneRemember

When I go on holiday, I go to places that have animals I'm interested in.

Dominic Monaghan

HolidayGoAnimalsPlacesInterested

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