Etta James Quotes
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory.
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Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.
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I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing.
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My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies.
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The theme song of 'Doug' was my ringtone once for literally a year.
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Most proud moment: Winning the championship in 2003 with a great team, retiring, and going out in the perfect way. Had a great journey and knowing it was the right time to focus more on family and community activities.
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My father's politics and ideas were, to me, unforgivable. He was a Jewish convert who became very anti-Semitic, and I didn't find the anti-Semitism forgivable.
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We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I think it's very important to understand what people's life experiences, good and bad, are.
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I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.
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I always say, my leading lady is my lola.
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Honestly, I wish I'd known just how hard it is and how competitive the acting world is. I took my time; I went at my own pace. That's been helpful over the years, but also, I didn't quite realize how incredible everyone else was going to be: the level of competition and everyone's skill.
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We are a complex species to observe.
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Grief is a very complicated monster. There's no real exorcising of it. It has a different form every day.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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When walking through the 'valley of shadows,' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
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I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring.
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Silence is a lie. Silence has a loud voice. It shouts, "Nothing important is happening - don't worry." So when something important IS going on, silence is a lie."
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Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.
