Because Quote by Tionne Watkins Download Open image “Because of my sickle-cell disease, I have a high tolerance for pain.” — Tionne Watkins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Because Disease High High Tolerance Pain Sickle Sickle cell Tolerance Tolerance Pain
I've been through a lot with sickle-cell, but my recovery from the brain tumor was the hardest thing. — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
A sickle-cell attack would creep up slowly in my ankles, legs, arms, back, stomach, and chest. Sometimes my lips and tongue turned numb, and… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What can we not endure, When pains are lessen'd by the hope of cure? — Magdalen Nabb Copy Share Image
I got kicked out of four high schools just because people took issue with the colour of my skin. As if I could help… — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
I'm hoping that somehow with songs like 'American Gold' there will be some kind of justice, and people just stop being so close-minded to… — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I do think there's a higher power, and the way I feel about things and choose to do… — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part. — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
I remember getting flowers and champagne for being one of the first black artists on MTV. That was a big deal. — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal. — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place. — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
I never thought black people would say I wasn't black enough. It didn't turn me into a bully - it just put me on… — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
