Estelle Quotes
The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm cranky.
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The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.
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A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
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Most inventions are based on some prior history.
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The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.
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A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.
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You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!
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You can't shelter it. You can't hide it. You have to let people know what you're going through, what you're feeling, what you think you have that's a problem.
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While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
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My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.
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I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm.
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It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you're in people's living rooms, that's it. There's no hiding place.
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Now my tapestry's unraveling.
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In Martin County, many homes were impacted and shelters were opened, and they're continuing to provide those services as we assess what the impact is, ... And really, some of these neighborhoods - until the water goes down - people are not going to get back into their homes and start making repairs.
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You don't take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government.
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The greatest cruelties of our century have been the impersonal cruelties of remote decision, of system and routine, especially when they could be justified as regrettable operational necessity.
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The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
