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- My only job is to be happy. So for everybody that cares about me and is not trying to be all up in a celebrity's…
- Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.
- I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.
- Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It's such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that the Creator exists.…
- All man-made religions are limited. I go my own way.
- All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.
- I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them…
- I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.
- I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
- I was conceived after doctors told my mother she'd never have children. I'm a miracle - we all are.
- My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.
- Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.
- The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever.
- We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.
- I've always been a firm believer that soul music never dies. The artists we still listen to today, years after their music was first heard…
- Being on set is a hard thing. A lot of people are like, 'Oh, you get to make a movie, and it's all fun.' But…
- Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken so badly that…
- I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being like a small…
- I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned up at my…
- If I feel really ugly or unhappy, sometimes I'll choose bright colors so they'll make me feel good. Yellows, pinks, light blues and orange. I…
- Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has…
- My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all…
- My mother's a genius. She just kept feeding me art on whatever we had; paper plates, silver platter, didn't matter. You know, she just kept…
- One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise…
- Your background it ain't squeaky clean shit. Sometimes we all got to swim upstream.
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle