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I wish I had a delete button in my life to delete some memories and feelings.
Wish Life Feelings Delete
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Girls of today will be putting flowers on their heads when they are on Snapchat but they feel shy carrying vegetables to sell for their mothers. God is seeing everything you are doing my sister and the thunder that is going to strike you is still doing press ups.

Today Head Feel Shy
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I am 93 years old, my wife is 52 years old; meaning when I was 41 years, my wife Grace was 1 week old. Don’t give up if you’re still single; probably your future partner is not even born yet; or probably your father-in-law and your mother-in-law have not met yet. Have faith today.

Wife Years Grace Week
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Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...

Put Soul Palm Hand
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It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Man Own Mind Evil
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The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

Goal Ventures Pursue Unites
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If you’re white and you’re wrong, then you’re wrong; if you’re black and you’re wrong, you’re wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green – God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.

White Wrong People Color
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It's just like, damn - I'm competing with myself.
Myself Competing Like Damn
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My music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.

Forever Music Fool Will
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I cannot turn my life back around. I'm already a public figure, I'm famous... It's like, I might as well keep it going, might as well make the money.

I Life Around Back
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I don't want my personality to overshadow my talent.

Personality Overshadow My Talent
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Gonna change my way of thinking, make myself a different set of rules. Gonna put my good foot forward and stop being influenced by fools.

Change Way Make Set
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When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it – don’t back down and don’t give up – then you’re going to mystify a lot of folks.

Feel Gut Down When
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I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.
Let Dream Can You
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I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet.

Poet First Consider Myself
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At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Life Stage Place Time
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A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Friend Polite Rude Protect
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Most Americans don't even understand what I'm saying in my records, but they pick up on the vibe, the vibration.

American Even Most Pick
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My genre of music is called Afro-Fusion because I fuse different types of music into a ball.

Genre Music Into Ball
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Going onstage - that's my joy. You know like when you're in school and you're just waiting for the bell to go off so you can leave the class and go and play outside? That's me in life.

Bell Class Going Joy
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I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music or some Jamaican music. When it's time for music to be made, it's almost like my ancestors just come into me and then it's them.

African Almost Ancestors Being
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Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Going Have Trouble With
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Always felt like my vision been bigger than the bigger picture.

Felt Picture Always Vission
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People like to build their own story about my life. I don’t know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them not to like me. But the last thing I grew up as was rich.

Build Life Story People
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The girl that I want to save is like a danger to my health. Try being with somebody that want to be somebody else.

Danger Health Save Else
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The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become rulers in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

Society Describe Grow Reality
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Mission Survive Thrive Passion
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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

Good Anyone Else Myself
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A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

Wise Victim Wish Anyone
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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

Respect Insist Myself Everybody
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I do my best because I’m counting on you counting on me.

Best Count Counting Because
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I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: If somebody puts you on a road and you don’t feel comfortable on it and you look ahead and you don’t like the destination and you look behind and you don’t want to return to that place, step off the road.

Road Comfortable Ahead Destination
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My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

Work Honest Think Courage
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I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can’t ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won’t stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you’d be surprised that people say, “Can I be of help?”.

Stand Responsibility Somebody Surprise
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When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.

Forgive Free Better Brighter
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Love Great Hope Laugh
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
Apartment Because Casually Cost
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My life has been one great big joke, a dance that’s walked a song that’s spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

Life Great Dance Song
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

Mother Always Intolerant Ignorance
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I’ve learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.

Learn Great Gift Give
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You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Total Everything Heard Seen
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When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

Child Soldier General Monk
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We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.

Camp Artist World Art
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Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it...myself included.

Energy Potential Waste Average
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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun.
Show Like Fun Half
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I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.

Trust Friend Close Along
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.

Loyal Come Friend Person
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.

Capable Stupid Proof Perfume
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I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.

Travel World Product Paid
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I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.
Family Work Hard Money
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