Reba McEntire Quotes
When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
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My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.
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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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I get a lot of backlash for wearing designers that I feel are creators and artists. I get it all the time.
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My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
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Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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Well first of all, I'd just like to say that 2005 was a great year, if you like swimming through crap.
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If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.
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Photography can be a powerful instrument for change, and photojournalists can tell stories that make a difference.
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There are so many people that want to tell stories. I think that the issue is how hard it is to get your foot in the door to tell your stories.
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When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
