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 speak my mind. That's who I am.
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'Aiyyaa' is a very quirky film.
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You can go the route of not living your life at all - and a lot of actors do that, where they just won't even go out of the house at all - but it makes life so unenjoyable. You can't go out, you can't hold hands with your girlfriend, you can't do any of these things.
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For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in time results of many deeds are blended so good and evil in the end become confounded.
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My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."
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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.
