Aretha Franklin Quotes
Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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I think 'Trial & Retribution' as a brand can go on forever. Its joy is that it has, to an extent, a formula, which gives a comfort routine for viewers. But we allow our directors total autarchy in putting their personalities on their stories.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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I'm like a packrat with work. I hoard my jobs.
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words, sentences, paragraphs to make their fiction intelligible or interesting. I don't know any of these writers.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I have no desire to make money off musicians. I just want to promote them because I want to share music.
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We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.
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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
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I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or performance. The payoff is enormous - when you get it. Most of the time, though, I'm filled with self-loathing and general frustration at the limitations I have as a musician.
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As soon as you have a problem, it's insoluble. These things should never have been allowed to happen.
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Choir of Women: It should not prejudice my voice that I'm not born a man, if I say something advantageous to the present situation. For I'm taxed too, and as a toll provide men for the nation. (tr. Lindsay 1925, Perseus)
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To me, being a Democrat means we can't let 'We the People' turn into 'We the Few.'
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It's been a lifetime ambition of mine to play an 007 villain.
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Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.
