Patti LaBelle Quotes
So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.
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I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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He was about building up the Trump name and then selling it and leasing it in as many different ways as possible.
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You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.
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Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,But most chastises those whom most he likes.
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
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I've done a little bit of TV. I'm doing a little mini-series at the moment called 'Scooter.'
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So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.
