Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.
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The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'
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Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.
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Immoderate assurance is perfect licentiousness.
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I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come with a rigid ideology in my heart - or a soul that tells me to go it alone. I do not come to uproot tradition - or to be imprisoned by it.
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The code of Manu differs from the bible. By means of it the nobles, the philosophers, and the warriors keep the whip hand over the majority. It is full of noble valuations; it shows a feeling of perfection, an acceptance of life, and triumphant feeling toward self and life.
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We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.
