Natalie Cole Quotes

I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something.

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• I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Long
  • Happy
  • Man

• Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.

  

  Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • Life
  • Good
  • Yourself

• My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • World
  • Light
  • Spirit

• To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • People
  • Life
  • Done

• Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.

  

  Laila Robins
  • People
  • Smart
  • Lawyer

• Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

  

  Zhuangzi
  • Education
  • Form
  • Rewards

• I grew up in New York and have lived here all my life. I think it's the best city in the world and can write about it with gusto and fervor and passion.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Life
  • Up
  • World

• When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.

  

  Rafe Spall
  • Up
  • Money
  • Free

• It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.

  

  Owen Wilson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Movie

• Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

  

  Ramsey Clark
  • Constitution
  • Most
  • Faults

• I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Real
  • Want
  • Earth

• I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.

  

  Patrick Rafter
  • Going
  • Happen
  • Winner

• Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.

  

  Gary Paulsen
  • Time
  • Book
  • Kids

• When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

  

  Patricia Schroeder
  • American
  • Education
  • College

• I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Year
  • Months
  • Spend

• Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Time
  • Kid
  • Nobody

• There are those people that eat to live and those that live to eat. I am of the latter, as many of you already know. To me, eating is an adventure.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • People
  • Live
  • Adventure

• I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Time
  • Diet
  • Reward

• Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children smiling as they run down the railway track.

  

  Dinah Sheridan
  • Children
  • Husband
  • Framed

• I sit around listening to classical music. I don't play video games. I love to go to dinner, go on picnics, travel.

  

  George A. Romero
  • Music
  • Travel
  • Listening

• Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

  

  Paul J. Meyer
  • People
  • Confidence
  • Goals

• From my earliest memories, my aunt was squirting out oil paint. I could just eat it. I would go from her studio and walk down to my father's house, and there he was, working in egg tempera.

  

  Jamie Wyeth
  • Father
  • House
  • Memories

• Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father!

  

  Domhnall Gleeson
  • Time
  • Family
  • Remember

• I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Father
  • Realize
  • Still