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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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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It's like running a marathon race. We train all hours of the day. When you are taking a bath, you are thinking of the flight.
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New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
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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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We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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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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Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.
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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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I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected.
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I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job.
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Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a shallow and dangerous attitude to have.
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I hide my emotions mainly because you don't want somebody to know that you feel sorry for them, because they will feel worse, or because you don't want someone to know or see your fear. If someone like a sick kid or a burn victim sees your fear, they respond to how you respond. And if you show them it's terrible, they will get upset. It's something I've learned over the years.
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Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.
