Nina Simone Quotes

I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.

Nina Simone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'

Jim Broadbent

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I've always been a big fan of taking old songs and completely turning them on their head. Having no adherence to the fine tradition of the original version. Rearranging them and taking a different approach to them.

Joe Bonamassa

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It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who.

Joan Rivers

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Some days I'll cook, and then some days my wife will cook. For me, obviously on Sundays a lot of times we do the sauce and the meatballs and pasta, the whole thing.

Joey Fatone

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I'm very big on focus.

Andrew Cuomo

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The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.

Robert Harris

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Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.

Angus Young

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My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.

Jeannette Walls

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There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.

Tom Leykis

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When you want to be a fighter, you have to give it everything you got. MMA just became who I am because of the amount of work I was putting into my training. It all starts in the gym. The hours turn into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months; it's like school - the more time you spend learning, the better you'll be prepared for a test.

Rose Namajunas

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For my 10th birthday, what I wanted was Beatle boots and a Beatle wig. My parents couldn't find Beatle boots, but down at the dime store, Woolworths or someplace, they found a Beatle wig!

Ron Howard

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For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else.

Rufus Sewell

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