Lena Horne Quotes
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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There's no regrets for me.
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But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
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In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
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When you walk off the stage, I think the end point is that you enjoyed yourself. I get to say that almost every time - either I made a few new fans or something resonated.
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If you're a waiter and you're waiting on me, you might get five percent, you might get seventy percent. It depends on how bad my math skills are that day.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.
