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What he took from me was nothing, because he can't take my spirit, he can't take my soul. My soul is New Orleans.


Charles Neville

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MELISSA GLICK What does having him around mean? Oh, he is my imagination, he is my soul mate.
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STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU He can run. But he cant hide.
JOE E. LOUIS They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away wh...
HELEN KELLER My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... He’s 72 now.
BARBARA UPTON My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to...
BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN And to my soul mate,” he raises his glass, “who has been with me all along, but is absent from m...
T.L. SWAN he can have my body, but he will never have my soul. never!
PENELOPE CRUZ My mother was a very prominent lady in New Orleans. Everybody knew my mother. If she dies here, nobo...
ANNE WARD I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life...
JOHN OLIVER He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
BIBLE He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.
GRETCHEN RUBIN Emilia," he says, and when he does, it warms me to my soul. "Every day you save me.
KATJA MILLAY He'll never be here for me to grow old with. He was my life. He was my love. He was my heart and sou...
ARMY SGT. My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring.
ANNE BRONTE He is my breath. My soul. My life-force. I have spent forever with him.
KRISTA RITCHIE God, if there is a God, take my soul, if I have a soul
ERNEST RENAN My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... Hes 72 now.
BARBARA UPTON My soul is awakened,
my spirit is soaring.
ANNE BRONTE He is half of my soul, as the poets say.
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SARAH J. MAAS He touched my soul long before I knew what his hands felt like.
NIKKI ROWE Damnation seize my soul if I give your quarters, or take any from you.
EDWARD TEACH I really love animals. My cat is my little soul mate. He's not just a cat, he's my friend.
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CHARLES MITCHELL I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.
PATRICK SWAYZE In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.
WINSTON CHURCHILL In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used frequently to take my advice.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.
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in tears, that broken point
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HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
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HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
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HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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OSHO The most ironic thing is my grandfather has his masters in music composition; he was a jazz composer...
TRAVIS SCOTT I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
IRVIN MAYFIELD I lied," I said. ...
"I know it," he said.
"Then do something about it. Do anything, just ...
WILLIAM FAULKNER He wanted to be here tonight but he told me he didn't want to take away from my evening. He's a good...
DICK MURGATROYD But I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupp...
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CANDACE NORVILLE You cant get around what he did to her, the fact that he plunged this six-inch knife into her chest,
JULIE MITCHELL One by one, my sons were taken from me, ... Saddam took away my sons, he took away half of my heart.
HASSAN ALI I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG I was ashamed by my vulnerability. Nergal had really broken me. I tried so hard to stay strong, but ...
L.J. KENTOWSKI What you cant forget... God cant remember!
JOHN F. MACARTHUR JR. He is my soul mate, my fresh air, the reason I look forward to getting up every morning.
TABITHA SUZUMA My coach knows how to press my buttons. He said they're trying to take (my title) away from me and t...
DUSTIN PERRY For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since
he whom I loved, as if he should...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.
ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO If I ever used my client's name in a question he would take care of me, ... I took it as a threat.
JOHN GOTTI Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend.
LESLIE FIEDLER He was smart: Take care of my kids. They were pretty good players, so there's nothing wrong with tha...
BILL HOWARD Ernie gave his soul to the East End. He gave more to the community than what he took.
CAROLYN NAH They took my books
because my message was love.
They took my pen
because my words wer...
KAMAND KOJOURI Enjoy life and Smile , No one cant take that away from you unless you allow them too
DORIAN THOMAS VON KLAUS My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang 'Be My Love&#...
SAMMY CAHN My father is conservative but has always supported my decisions. He lets me take my own decisions. H...
PRIYANKA CHOPRA My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.
ALEXANDRA STODDARD Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart...
JIM VALVANO Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at ...
BROWNIE MCGHEE But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he h...
BIBLE I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that h...
ASHWIN SANGHI Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He...
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LINDA MCMAHON I don't harbor any hatred for the man. I'm just angry. I know God said love one another and forgive....
RACHEL WILLIAMS And I wonder how Gage knew this is what my soul has craved. He turns me to face him, his eyes search...
LISA KLEYPAS Once he drew-with one long kiss-My whole soul through his lips.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Ever step you take is forever. You cant make it go away. None of it. You understand what I'm sayin?
CORMAC MCCARTHY My love for you is like a copied assignment, I cant just explain it.
OLASOT [Man] is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he h...
MORGAN FREEMAN My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inheri...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL If you cant believe my first word, then my last words wont make sense to you...
OLASOT when i see soldiers on the other side i take there lives so they cant take mine
SIMI GREWAL He went into his kitchen and got a knife and grabbed me, grabbed my crotch area, and he tried to tak...
DAVID JORDAN Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.
NIKI DE ST. PHALLE There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.
CLINT EASTWOOD It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE

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AARON NEVILLE People are living a lot longer these days and not preparing for it. I'm in the gym and, you know...
AARON NEVILLE I balance with prayer and music. I sing every day.
AARON NEVILLE Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
AARON NEVILLE I dig Steve Harvey: he's the suit man. I be checking him out.
AARON NEVILLE Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.
AARON NEVILLE Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can...
AARON NEVILLE When I sang, I couldn't help making those little curves. People would say, 'Why don't yo...
AARON NEVILLE Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the cha...
AARON NEVILLE I never left doo wop.
AARON NEVILLE Singing is a prayer to me.
AARON NEVILLE I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in...
AARON NEVILLE There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to ge...
AARON NEVILLE I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone...
AARON NEVILLE God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.
AARON NEVILLE I grew up singing Ray Charles and Jimmy Reed.
AARON NEVILLE Age and numbers are a concept made up by man.
AARON NEVILLE That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It...
AARON NEVILLE I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap.
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