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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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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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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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Freedom
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. – Denis Diderot

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Freedom

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. – Louis D. Brandeis

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Freedom

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to ones true character, to be altogether ones self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. – Corliss Lamont

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Freedom

People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites – lets say the sites around Iran – where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others. – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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Freedom

Random Quotes

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. – John Hume

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Equality

I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price. – Mika Brzezinski

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If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, Id say theres only one reason to go into public life and thats to help people. – Evan Bayh

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Politics

I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act. – Yitzhak Rabin

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Peace