"When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did."

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Source : Source: www.elle.com

Missy Elliot

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“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.”
“Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.”

Source : Terry Jones (2009). “Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror: Observations and Denunciations by a Founding Member of Monty Python”, p.2, Nation Books
“To make a great future India, the whole secret lies in organization, accumulation of power, co-ordination of wills.”
“I think if you really put your mind to something you can do it. Five and a half years ago I couldn't stand on stage and play guitar. I didn't have enough talent as a kid to play guitar. I started really late. I hired a guitar teacher when I was in Nashville and I applied myself and stayed focused.”
“I certainly know German colleagues in the US who try to be Americans, try to melt into Americanism, even before they get married and become American citizens. But I've never tried that.”

Source : "Bernhard Schlink: being German is a huge burden" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.
“I think I've proven that I'm throw-first, and then run if I need to.”
“And here we are with our improved human world that we've spent a great deal of time and energy working on. We've improved the rivers and the lakes and the land and our society and our ways of living to the point where we now wonder if the human race will survive.”

Source : Steve Hagen (2011). “Buddhism Plain and Simple”, p.106, Tuttle Publishing
“You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.”

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