Delloreese Patricia Early (Della Reese) Quotes
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New York City has no need to move on from 9/11 because, in a sense, it moved on days after, moments after.
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This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over again in different people's minds. That I might mean one thing as I write, but a reader's experiences will take it somewhere else. That is like a conversation, I think. It is a true connecting up.
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We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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I don't necessarily call myself a psychic, but since I was a little girl, I would dream about things, and then I would tell my dad, and it would happen the next day.
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I mean, comedy's hard. If you go back and look at the first season of 'Seinfeld,' it's a work in progress and that's what happens. It just takes time for people to figure each other out, and figure out timing, and to develop creatively with the writers.
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I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.
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In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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If you want to earn more, learn more.
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Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.
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My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.
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Perched up high on a rooftop,like a bird I'm having evil thoughts,A black hood covers my faceas death flows through my mind at its own pace.
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He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.
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Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of acting, because the best actors see the material they're working on through blinders. They can't see anything but their role. I could never really do that.
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I really love music that's on the periphery of not fitting into a clear genre. I felt like I was constantly being described as something I didn't really feel like I identified with.
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My family was always playing with words. It is little wonder that even after I got serious about writing, I've had a hard time getting serious about words.
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With the EP 'Listen,' I just wanted to bring back a feeling of appreciation for our women in our community. That feeling of love and being vulnerable.
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A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.
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In reality, though, most of the time we don’t choose the best option—we choose the first reasonable option, a strategy known as satisficing.
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I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.
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If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.
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Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.
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I like different shoes with different themes for different reasons.
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I like to sing very much.
