Rita Coolidge Quotes
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
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What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
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What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
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As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
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In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment.
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There are plenty of mothers who should not be allowed to raise their children.
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Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
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I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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I never had a long-term plan.
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Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.
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The people know more about [Jazz] in other countries than in America. America is the last country to know about anything, because we're too fat, we have too much of everything, you understand? And we do not listen.
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Classical singing - everything had to be homogenous, and it had to just feel like one continuous flow from top to bottom, bottom to top. And in jazz, I felt like, oh, well, I can sing these deep, husky lows if I want and then sing these really, like, tiny, laser highs if I want, as well. And I have - I have no obligation to make it sound like it's just one continuous flow.
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I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.
