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Nina Simone Quotes

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.

Nina Simone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Music People Choices Black Become

Scientific management promised to replace rules of thumb with accurate measurements.

Jill Lepore

Management Rules Replace Thumb

My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.

Jess Glynne

Child People Me Growing Up Destiny

I'm cynical by nature, but I am also very hopeful because I see people from the Left and the Right showing up to these tea parties. You have people, bikers, union members and guys in three-piece suits showing up to these things.

Joe Wurzelbacher

Nature I Am Tea People Suits You

Tatttoo concealers can cover almost every tattoo on your body if you do it right.

Jeffree Star

You Body Your Body Tattoo Right

I'm very excited to see the wonderful 2-D characters in Poptropica come to life in the form of 3-D toys. When I first held the characters in my hands, it felt like magic. I'm excited for kids to have the same feeling!

Jeff Kinney

Life Magic Hands Feeling First See

When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back.

John Pomfret

Job Cold You Back Sweat Your

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

Stendhal

Men Woman Youth Loved Her Something

All mammals undergo a certain degree of diversification. Darwin knew that. When he drew a family tree, it had many branches on it.

Donald Johanson

Family Tree Degree Branches Knew He

I hate it when I see people texting at a show. And talking to each other. They're at a performance; they should respect the performer.

Brett Gelman

Respect Hate People Performance See

I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development.

Winona LaDuke

Community Training Development Active

As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up... so we can focus... so we can be in concert with one another.

Phil Jackson

Strength Focus Run Build Need Up

Pressure has always been more of a friend than a foe for me with songwriting.

Mark Foster

Friend Me Pressure More Songwriting