Linda Ronstadt Quotes

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.

Linda Ronstadt

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• There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.

  

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• Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

  

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• Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.

  

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• I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

  

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• My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'm an imperfect human being. Oh, and sadness - sadness is everything.

  

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• Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.

  

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• Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.

  

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• I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.

  

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• Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'

  

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• I quite like androgyny.

  

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• I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.

  

  Linda Ronstadt
  • Important
  • Song
  • Culture