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The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer me this question: Do you see an award for soul music? No. They have R&B, funk, hip-hop and all sorts of contemporary things.
Sharon Jones
Music
Me
You
Soul
Music Industry
Finally
Recognized
See
Only
Know
Contemporary
Industry
Sort
Soul Music
Answer
Hip-Hop
Accomplish
Question
Get
The Only Thing
Wanted
Award
Awards
Thing
Things
Funk
Five decades ago, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, began visibly ailing, the nation and the world were consumed by the question: 'After Nehru, who?' The inexpressible fear lay in the subtext to the question: 'After Nehru, what?'
Shashi Tharoor
World
Fear
First
Nation
Visibly
Minister
India
Lay
Consumed
Prime
Prime Minister
Were
Inexpressible
Question
Began
Five
Decades
Subtext
After
Who
With my songs, the question is always, 'Can you pull it off live, alone on just an acoustic guitar?' That's the litmus test. If I can, then it's a song I ought to record. If I can't, it's probably not good enough.
Shawn Colvin
Alone
Good
You
Song
Guitar
Not Good Enough
Live
Enough
Ought
Record
Songs
Always
Test
Question
Off
Just
Litmus
Litmus Test
Acoustic
Acoustic Guitar
Then
Pull
To add something to the world should be the question, not not adding something to the world.
Sheila Heti
World
Add
Adding
Something
Question
Should
It is tough for an actress to raise her voice on sexual harassment because the chances are they will question your character, they will ruin your career, and they will defeat you in the power game. So one has to be very strong to fight against these white-collar mafias.
Shilpa Shinde
Character
You
Game
Fight
Strong
Will
Tough
Power
Defeat
Ruin
Sexual
Voice
Because
Question
Very
Against
Harassment
Your
White-Collar
Actress
Her
Raise
Career
Chances
That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous.
Shirley Manson
Yourself
Difficult
Consider
Sort
Because
Question
Rebel
Ridiculous
But I cannot bring myself to believe that I was intended for a musician, because it seems so small a business in comparison with other things which, it seems to me, I might do. Question here: 'What is the province of music in the economy of the world?'
Sidney Lanier
Music
Myself
Me
Business
World
Believe
Other
Musician
Seems
Small
Economy
Because
Question
Province
Intended
Cannot
Which
Might
Comparison
Things
Bring
Here
Gradually I find that my whole soul is merging itself into this business of writing, and especially of writing poetry. I am going to try it; and am going to test, in the most rigid way I know, the awful question whether it is my vocation.
Sidney Lanier
Business
Soul
Writing
Try
Way
Rigid
Find
Vocation
Poetry
Merging
Know
Most
Am
Test
Question
Itself
Gradually
Going
Whether
Whole
Awful
There's no question that a vinyl record is a lot nicer than a CD. It's nicer to hold in your hands, you can do more with it.
Simon Le Bon
You
Record
More
No Question
Question
Lot
Than
Hands
Hold
Your
Nicer
Vinyl
As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?'
Simon Rattle
Me
You
Beatles
Impossible
Will
Think
Boy
Still
Question
Liverpool
Need
People often ask me when I realised that I was different. Some people seem surprised that it's a question that I cannot answer. I was never told that I was different. I was always just Sinead; I was just like my dad.
Sinead Burke
Me
People
Some People
Some
Seem
Never
Like
Answer
Always
Surprised
Question
Often
Just
Different
Cannot
Realised
Ask
Dad
As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us had been a boy. There's no question that there was a phantom boy child in my imagination when I was young.
Siri Hustvedt
Young
Imagination
Would
Brother
No Question
Daughters
Had
Like
Boy
Been
Question
Up
Child
Wondering
Grew
Us
Phantom
Four
Imaginary
My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources.
Sister Souljah
Good
You
Power
Resources
Definition
Willing
Some
Give
Understand
Question
Up
When I was dancing, whether it was the music or the story, the question was 'Why am I doing this piece, and why am I dancing?' It is exactly the same when you are acting. You have a very close relationship with your body movement. You have to find the physicality of your character.
Sofia Boutella
Music
Character
Relationship
You
Dancing
Find
Exactly
Exactly The Same
Physicality
Piece
Am
Doing
Question
Very
Close
Close Relationship
Same
Movement
Story
Whether
Body
Acting
Your
Your Body
Why
A wise man's question contains half the answer.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Wise
Man
Half
Contains
Answer
Question
As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.
Solomon Ortiz
Work
Veterans Day
Needs
Together
Veteran
Veterans
Will
Military
Administration
Clear
Retirees
Also
Policies
Understand
Been
Question
Former
Work Together
Stand
It is easy to say that if such harassment happens, walk out of your job. But people depend on that job. It is about their livelihood, a question of survival. So while we must encourage victims for coming up with their #MeToo stories, we should not judge women for not sharing their stories.
Soni Razdan
Survival
Women
People
Judge
Walk
Job
Depend
Say
Out
Must
Easy
About
Sharing
Coming
Encourage
Question
Up
Stories
Happens
While
Victims
Should
Harassment
Your
Livelihood
My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival.
Sonia Rykiel
Survival
Woman
Complete
About
Question
Swallows
Who
Shows
The fact is that Common Core is no more responsible for a bizarre homework question than global warming is for a rain shower.
Sonny Perdue
Rain
Homework
Bizarre
Responsible
More
Fact
Global
Global Warming
Question
Than
Common
Warming
Shower
Core
Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.
Sri Chinmoy
Own
Meditation
My Own
Am
Answering
Question
Height
Even
Even Now
Now
Making a documentary about my hometown was always going to be the most difficult topic I had ever covered! No question.
Stacey Dooley
Difficult
Topic
About
No Question
Had
Most
Documentary
Always
Making
Covered
Question
Going
Ever
Hometown
The god most Americans say they believe in is just not interesting enough to deny. Thus the only kind of atheism that counts in America is to call into question the proposition that everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Stanley Hauerwas
Happiness
Life
God
Liberty
Believe
Enough
Everyone
Say
Kind
Atheism
Only
Pursuit
Pursuit Of Happiness
Proposition
Thus
Counts
Most
Call
Question
Deny
America
American
Just
Interesting
Right
I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.
Stephan Pastis
Me
You
Generation
Big
Pay
Attention
Goal
Sales
Question
Did
Big Question
Influence
Much
Much Attention
Next
Next Generation
Figures
Awards
Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public.
Stephen Breyer
Will
Ultimately
Question
Campaign
Campaign Contributions
Contributions
Decided
Public
With journalism, films always have to be to do with some personal statement of your own. As a general rule, I resist that. In the States, a question that kept coming up was this: 'How can you, as a man, talk about three women?'
Stephen Daldry
You
Man
Women
Three
Own
Films
Rule
Statement
States
Some
About
General
General Rule
Journalism
Talk
Always
How
Coming
Question
Up
Personal
Your
Resist
Kept
Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what shall be done with the free negro?
Stephen Douglas
You
Free
Important
More
Only
Shall
Question
Up
Done
Controversy
Which
Far
Slavery
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