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The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated. ↗

— William E. Simon

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The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. ↗

— William E. Simon

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I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production. ↗

— Hannah Simone

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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

#because #classical #classical music #dedicated #excellence

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. ↗

— Nina Simone

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Once I understood Bach's 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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I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#also #anything #back #back up #dear

I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

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I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

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I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

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