Bonnie Raitt Quotes
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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I would like to have my gun for protection.
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I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
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I've failed once or twice real big, independent.
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Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.
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The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
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If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
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The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.
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I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.
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I just keep happy and help the team when I get an opportunity.
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Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.
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There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them.
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The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes.
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I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'
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Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.
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To be original one needs to learn the ideas of other painters in order to be different from them.
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Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.
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Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.
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In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.
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I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.
