Abbey Lincoln Quotes

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.

Abbey Lincoln

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1930 - August 14, 2010

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That period, doing 'Angels in America' in '94 and then filming with 'Basquiat' in '95, those were gateway years for me as an artist. Two gateways, one into the film industry and one into the world of theater, each formative to me in different, equally essential ways.

Jeffrey Wright

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I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.

Maurice Sendak

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When you're miserable, you don't want anyone around you to be happy.

Amy Lee

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A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.

Amber Tamblyn

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You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner.

Rodney Atkins

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My life is going at the speed of light, so it's a lot of just trying... to be present in each moment... Giving each situation and each part of life that space and making sure that it's sacred in every aspect.

Mary Lambert

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You eat as many vegetables as you can, and try to cut your carbs and your sugar. That's going to make the job of being a diabetic so much easier.

Jay Cutler

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I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.

Diane Wakoski

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I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.

Diego Luna

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On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.

Douglas Coupland

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I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

Draymond Green

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I initially moved to San Francisco to become a research associate for one of the top young heart surgeons in the country. Everything that I learned in that position is that skills, talent, and expertise are transferable.

Chris Gardner

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