Bonnie Raitt Quotes
The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.
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I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.
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Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.
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In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.
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Before I leave the earth, I'll have released a bunch of albums and a bunch of movies. I'm going to do it all. It's just that I have to strategically position myself on how I do it so that the world receives it.
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When we started in 1947, I think 18% or something was the literacy rate in India. Now it is 52%. It is not a disastrous performance but it is not sufficient, certainly. But some parts of India have done better, my own State of Kerala has done remarkably well. Tamil Nadu is achieving greater success in literacy, so is Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The State of Himachal, is more or less reaching 100% literacy. Some of the states of the North-East have full literacy today. So, the movement of literacy has been uneven, but progressive.
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The world I live in is benefiting from things like satellite radio. Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.
