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"If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place."
"The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics"
"What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care."
"Everything we will ever need, we already have within us."
"More than anything, it's [yoga] really led to a solid belief in two fundamental things: that we have everything we will ever need, and more, within us, and we are all one. Not only has it given me great lessons in abundance and the infiniteness of our gifts, but it has led to a more conscious enjoyment of my work and my life."
"What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves."
"There's 150,000 students here from the Middle East. If 40% of them have overstayed their visa, don't we need to know where they are, what they're doing, are they obeying our rules?"
"I think we're never fully protected, but I think we need to do everything we can to stop threats to us."
"The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gradual process for me."
"My job as an artist is to present the material. My job as a woman is to receive from it what I need."
"When we need somebody haunted we investigate. When we investigate we do so noisily always."
"I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need."
"They say that this country is free, and they say that this country is equal, but it is not equal if it's 'sometimes'...We need change now. We demand actions now."
"I don't need to be on top to know I'm worth it"
"If you're laying in bed next to someone that really doesn't make you feel like the goddess that you are, you need to rediscover what it is that you truly want and need."
"I need to talk to Lena" There it was. I'd finally said it. The one thing that had kept me from being able to exhale all day. The thing that had made me feel like I couldn't sit down, like I couldn't stay. Like I had to get up and go somewhere, even if I had nowhere to go."
"You need help, and that's what books are for."
"Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands."
"I need the information and then I can go. So, as long as I have the information and a little bit of sleep, I can do the rest."