John Legend Quotes

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• You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

  John Legend

  Motivational, Work Out, Stronger

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  We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

  John Legend

  Unique, Light, Shining

  "Let every child's light shine" by John Legend, www.cnn.com. February 17, 2015.

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• I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.

  John Legend

  Thinking, Want, Firm

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  Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

  John Legend

  Inspiring, Real, Soul

  "Praises 'Politics Of Empathy,' Condemns Falsehoods That Led To War, Financial Crisis". John Legend's commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Science, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2009.

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• The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

  John Legend

  Fighting, People, Empowering

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  The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

  John Legend

  Peaceful, Weapons

  Song: Glory

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• I want you to live the best life you can. You can be world-changers. .. Pursue this life of love with focus and passion and ambition and courage. Give it your all. And that will be your path to true success.

  John Legend

  Passion, Ambition, Giving

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• The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

  John Legend

  Future, Yesterday, Late

  Song: If You're Out There, Album: Evolver, 2008

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• A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.

  John Legend

  Family Love, Different, Looks

  "One Quote Sums Up Why John Legend Is the Voice for Justice Music Desperately Needs" by Kate Beaudoin, mic.com. March 3, 2015.

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  When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

  John Legend

  Hands, People, Trying

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• I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

  John Legend

  Listening, Growing, Keep Learning

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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• We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration.

  John Legend

  Country, Choices, Community

  "John Legend launches campaign to end mass incarceration". Interview with Mesfin Fekadu, www.msnbc.com. April 14, 2015.

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• Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

  John Legend

  Love You, Curves, Perfect

  Song: All Of Me, Album: Love in the Future, 2013

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• Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

  John Legend

  People, Way, Categories

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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• My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine

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  Breathing, Water, Fine

  Song: All Of Me

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• I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do.

  John Legend

  Jobs, Impact, People

  "Read Common And John Legend’s Full Golden Globes Acceptance Speech & Backstage Interview". Golden Globes Backstage Interview, thesource.com. January 12, 2015.

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• I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time.

  John Legend

  Want, Timeless, Timely

  "R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. November 20, 2006.

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• We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.

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  People, Way, Ordinary

  Song: Ordinary People, Album: Get Lifted

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• If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.

  John Legend

  Want, Way, Compromise

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• All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

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  Independent, Men, Rights

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• Experience is a great teacher.

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  Teacher, Reality, Experience

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• The struggle for freedom and justice is now.

  John Legend

  Struggle, Justice, Struggle For Freedom

  John Legend's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 22, 2015.

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• It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

  John Legend

  Work, Hard

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• Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

  John Legend

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Empathy

  "John Legend Shows How Easy Charity Can Be With Poverty Action Tour". Interview with Jayson Rodriguez, www.mtv.com. January 29, 2008.

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• There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.

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  World, Way, Certain

  "Grammy-Winning Soul Musician John Legend at UPenn Commencement: 'A Commitment to Truth Requires a Commitment to Social Justice'". www.democracynow.org. May 19, 2009.

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