Crystal Waters Quotes

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

Crystal Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

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IntegrityMyselfI AmMeTalking

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

Jesse Jackson

OpportunityHopeHeartDayBeginning

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

Ambrose Bierce

LoveKnowledgeQualityWithoutArdor

Most groups today aren't groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.

Robby Krieger

TodayCreateGroupTrueMostAmong

It's like the code of living by yourself. People who are single know what I'm talking about. You eat standing up, reading the paper. Or you say to yourself, this isn't even cutting it, I'm taking a TV dinner and I'm getting in bed here.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

YourselfPeopleDinnerReadingYou

I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it.

Mary Oliver

JobInterestingYouNeverTakeGet

I had a studio visitor ask me when a piece was complete, and afterward, I realized I was kind of annoyed by the question. I wrote down to myself, 'Nothing's ever finished' as an operating value.

Martine Syms

MyselfValueMeDownKindNothing

All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.

Michael Mandelbaum

MatterPolicyLossesGains

Since I play piano, I can play the right hand on the accordion, no problemo. It's the left hand with the buttons that makes me crazy.

Donna Lynne Champlin

MeCrazyI CanPlayHandRight

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

Chris Gardner

LiveCommunityPeopleCareLiving

I don't care about age very much.

Chinua Achebe

AgeCareMuchVeryAbout

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

Bodhidharma

MindPresentYouAlwaysSeeJust

I want to want to go to work in the morning.

Nick Woodman

WorkMorningGoWant

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