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Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.


Simone Biles

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SIMONE ELKELES When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are p...
SIMONE ELKELES Sometimes good men need to do things that aren't good. Right?"
I ruffle his hair. Luis is way m...
SIMONE ELKELES Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
NINA SIMONE To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play b...
NINA SIMONE I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now...
NINA SIMONE I thought we were gonna take this relationship slow."
"A back rub is harmless."
My eyes ro...
SIMONE ELKELES I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the worl...
NINA SIMONE We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private."
"A smug expr...
SIMONE ELKELES [Life]It is what you make it. If you think you can't change the world, then go on and follow the pat...
SIMONE ELKELES I wish I could help you" I whisper.
You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, ...
SIMONE ELKELES When I'm on that stage, I assume honor. I assume compensation, and I should.
NINA SIMONE Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life ...
NINA SIMONE Humility is attentive patience.
SIMONE WEIL It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics ...
SIMONE WEIL This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bough...
NINA SIMONE