Delloreese Patricia Early (Della Reese) Quotes
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
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I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!
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The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.
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The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.
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I wasn't the most prodigiously talented cricketer in Karnataka, let alone India. Some of my team-mates in my school team could hit the ball cleaner than I do. I had to work through that lack of talent, so to speak, that lack of natural flair. Runs never came easy for me.
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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
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Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.
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It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
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I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
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Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.
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I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry.
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When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.
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Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.
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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.
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God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.
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Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul.
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I don't want to negotiate with the power brokers in Washington; I want to tear them down.
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Don't ever underestimate the importance of treating others with respect and kindness.
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I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
