Source : "Before the Music Dies". Documentary, Music, www.imdb.com. March 12, 2006.
Erykah Badu“No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.”
Source : "Poll: Oprah Winfrey Most Admired Woman In America". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 10, 2011.
Source : Harriet Martineau (2006). “Autobiography”, p.574, Broadview Press
“We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love”
Source : "'We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love'". Interview with Bryan Walsh, content.time.com. September 27, 2004.
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