Etta James Quotes
Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.
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My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.
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I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
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In the U.S.A., technical innovations come out of universities and the research produced by Ph.D. students. We don't have that happening in India.
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I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name.
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Privacy and encryption work, but it's too easy to make a mistake that exposes you.
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Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.
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I shake hands on the first date.
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I filled the margins of my schoolbooks with lyrics.
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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it should be detested in the sight of our Creator and Lord by all of His creatures who are capable of enjoying His divine and everlasting glory.
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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.
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I'm very protective of how much I let people see.
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I wish I had put a bet on, but thought it might have been disrespectful to the Holy Spirit.
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It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.
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The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.
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Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.
