Quote by Nina Simone
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

Other quotes by Nina Simone

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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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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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. – Thomas Sowell

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Freedom

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. – DeForest Soaries

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Freedom

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete. – Vaclav Havel

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Freedom

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism. – Madeleine Albright

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Freedom

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You cant trust a promise someone makes while theyre drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office. – Joe Moore

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Trust

A good garden may have some weeds. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

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Perfection

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered the point is to discover them. – Galileo Galilei

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Truth

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. – Marcus Aurelius

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Imagination