Nina Simone Quotes

This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet.

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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I think there's so many actors out there that we see and we know as one thing but are capable of so much more.

Jesse Lee Soffer

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All this size 0! A bit ridiculous. There's something creepy about fashion shows. The models look like they're going to be tortured. They do this strange pony walk; their heels are so high, they can hardly walk. Creepy!

Jerry Hall

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I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

John Green

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When I go into a steakhouse and order a steak, I'll order the cut of my choice, and I'll order it black and blue. And I'll ask them to bring it with my first course, and I'll just let it sit there.

Andrew Zimmern

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I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.

Andreja Pejic

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As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over time, at how people try and sometimes fail to make meaning out of their lives.

Meg Wolitzer

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Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.

Robert Kiyosaki

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Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee shop or whether you're in 'The Avengers,' which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding.

Tom Hiddleston

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Chefs become attracted to being able to get product and then clientele - those are the two things that attract you as a chef.

Michael Mina

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Morning is when I do all my best work.

Jason Momoa

WorkMorningBestBest Work

You always feel more attracted to people who play the way you play.

David Silva

PeopleFeelYouPlayWayMore

My stories are often a little mysterious.

Chris Van Allsburg

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