Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I just want to say, if you're going crazy, take a break. I felt overwhelmed by stuff that wasn't satisfying me, things I was supposed to do for my career. I stopped and said, 'Let me get back to the basics.'

Esperanza Spalding

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I have two passports because I have to have at least one, and I really don't know how I define myself. And I feel that as I get older, I feel very fortunate to have, on paper, a dual nationality.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.

Andrea Bocelli

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An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40.

Matthew Lesko

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I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.

Steven Levitt

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I own now, I think about 38 pairs of cowboy boots, or 37, something like that now.

Skylar Laine

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Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Tryon Edwards

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We take five, one-week vacations a year, and those dates are set in stone.

Tom Joyner

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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

Mikhail Bakunin

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Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.

Dr. Seuss

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Confucius

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As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.

Paul Watson

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I'm an Englishman who did a film on Mogadishu, 'Black Hawk Down.'

Ridley Scott

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