LaDonna Adrian Gaines (Donna Summer) Quotes
I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself.
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There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to twenty with a man who was thirteen years older than me who remains one of the loves of my life, and he passed away when I was twenty years old.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.
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What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'
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I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it.
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There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
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The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.
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I've known some bad people and some good people in my life, and it's the bad ones who live in fear, all the time. Cause they know their own hearts... And they think everyone else is just waiting to pull the same moves on them that they've got planned to pull on somebody else.
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My hair is naturally straight, and I maintain its texture. My weekly indulgence is an egg-white and olive oil hair mask that deep-conditions and adds incredible shine.
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A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
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Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. That's the end of the interview.
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I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.
