"I've certainly had to go through trying to change the fact that I was always identified as the widow of Notorious B.I.G. You know, I'm never going to be able to get away from having been married to him, but that's not what identifies me. You know, my life isn't just about that."

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Source : "Singer Faith Evans Talks Christmas Hip-Hop". Interview with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. December 21, 2005.

Faith Evans

#Trying Quotes #Widows Quotes #Able Quotes

“Yes, men are pigs. Except your brother, of course. He's actually a decent human being. Almost a woman. -Jillian's mother”
“Did A tell you your eyes remind me of blown glass? I can see your soul through those eyes, Amy. They get darker when youâ€™re trying to be sexy and shine when you smile. And when you think youâ€™re in trouble you blink double the amount that you usually do. And when your sad the corners of your eyes turn down. I miss your eyes. And I donâ€™t want the sad ones to be my last memory of you.”
“Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.”
“Full employment is a socially hazardous goal. In effect, it aspires to restore through political expedients the pre-industrial state of toil that science, engineering, technology and modern management are pledged to overcome.”

Source : Louis O. Kelso, Patricia Hetter Kelso (1967). “Two-factor Theory: the Economics of Reality; how to Turn Eighty Million Workers Into Capitalists on Borrowed Money, and Other Proposals”, New York : Vintage Books
“Our greatest hope is for the experience of joy, and often we are not as smart as we think we are when it comes to predicting what would bring us that joy. . . Hope that is attached to a particular outcome is looking for pleasure but fishing for pain, because attachment itself is a source of pain. It is best to hope for an experience of life in all its fullness-a life that can embrace both joy and sorrow, and will still be at peace.”
“I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It's not a boring way to describe me.”
“I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.”

Source : "Immersed in Movies: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Lifts Kung Fu Panda 2" by Bill Desowitz, www.indiewire.com. December 7, 2011.
“I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.”

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