Tina Turner Quotes
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I am strong. I lived through a divorce, separation from my family. I never let it break me down. I’m not an alcoholic. I’ve never smoked, I’ve never done drugs. I’ve floated through the disaster of my past clean. I arrived here undamaged.
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Who needs a heart, when a heart can be broken?
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I have a simple, childlike view of life, and I want to keep it. That's why I never got into that Beverly Hills world. So many pretentious people. They just aren't real.
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Well, it was a church person in the early days, Mahalia Jackson. And Rosetta Tharpe. These spiritual, very strong voices. I only knew that they were figures in the black race, recognizable and respected. But I must admit, I've always covered the songs of males. I haven't followed up on women or listened to that much women's music.
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My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don't use special creams or treatments - I'll use a little bit of everything. It's a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I believe that a lot of how you look is to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the greatest beauty secret.
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My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.
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I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.
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You take everything I've made the last 16 years. I'll take my freedom.
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I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.
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I don't wanna lose you And I always wanna feel this way Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.
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The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.
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So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart.
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As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.
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I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.
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I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.
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But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.
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I don't like to dwell on the past.
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Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something... a little fan is always a little bit nice.
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They're still in good shape, but I'm not flashing them anymore. I'm an old lady. I leave all the flesh to the kids.
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I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.
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For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.
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In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious
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Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.
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I was a victim; I don't dwell on it.