Patti LaBelle Quotes
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Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without.
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Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances around me. I was married; I lived in a suburb; I had small children.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.
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Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.
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I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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I give to panhandlers on occasion, especially around the holidays, but have always been involved with charity, which was an important part of the way I was brought up. My siblings and I knew early on in life that we were incredibly fortunate and have never taken that for granted, so we recognize the importance of giving back.
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I love Blackpool. We're very similar. We both look better in the dark.
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People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
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So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.
