Mavis Staples Quotes
When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on stage. There I am, coming to lift you up and to motivate you. I want to bring joy. It's gospel, and gospel is the truth. It's what I do. I'm going to bring you the truth and lift up your spirit.
Mavis Staples
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
Abby Wambach
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
Kaia Gerber
I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
Adam Draper
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
P. T. Barnum
Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
Carl Lewis
Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
Ed Rendell
If we know it's happening, and we're not having the discussion, we're contributing to the problem of making it seem like people can't open up.
Jay Asher
By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.
Taylor Dayne
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
Clive Owen
When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on stage. There I am, coming to lift you up and to motivate you. I want to bring joy. It's gospel, and gospel is the truth. It's what I do. I'm going to bring you the truth and lift up your spirit.
Mavis Staples