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“My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.”
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“Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever mercy is displaced by anything else.”
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“Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.”
Source : Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.429, Random House
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“I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.”
Source : "What I know about men". Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2008.
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“With a girl, there's a lot left in the girl's body without a head. Of course, the personality is gone.”
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“I think most good music has got some kind of crossover-potential. It feels nice to know that there are more people than those into dance-music that are listening to what I've made.”
Source : Interview with Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. September 29, 2008.
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“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”
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“If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.”