I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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