I love jewelry - gold and diamonds. I'm a woman.
It's diamonds in your pockets one week, macaroni and cheese the next.
As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.
When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with companies from all over the world - but these companies don't share, really, their profits - this is called post-post-colonial.
The way I made 'Diamonds and Dirt,' which had all those hits in a row, was that I was just making a record. It was just the one that rolled up in my natural process, and it happened to be commercial.
It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come.
Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years old, I was always over at the ballpark practicing or playing or doing something pertaining to baseball. And when I wasn't doing that, I was bouncing a rubber ball off the steps of my front porch at home.
Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol of commitment.
I don't buy diamonds, I don't buy cars, but I enjoy travelling. I'm not a very possessive person as far as things go.
The quality and sparkle of Hearts On Fire diamonds is truly unmatched, and I am really excited to represent the brand.