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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what c

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. – Nina Simone

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Once I understood Bachs music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world. – Nina Simone

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teacher
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I dont like rap music at all. I dont think its music. Its just a beat and rapping. – Nina Simone

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Music
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The worst thing about that kind of prejudice… is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough. – Nina Simone

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good
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The precondition to freedom is security. – Rand Beers

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True obedience is true freedom. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Freedom

I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isnt free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community. – Robert M. Gates

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Freedom

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Freedom

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I left home because I was hungry. – Red Skelton

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Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting. – Thomas Frank

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Im just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else. – Drew Barrymore

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There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Integrity