Bonnie Raitt Quotes
I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.

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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.
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To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
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I know life sometimes can get tough! And I know life sometimes can be a drag! But people, we have been given a gift, We have been given a road, And that road's name is... Rock and Roll!
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The life of a devotee is a crusade of which the heart is the Holy Land.
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I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.