Tina Turner Quotes
I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city.
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Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
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I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.
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People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
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I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.
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We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world.
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A person in my position has to restrain himself.
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That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth.
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Through its support of mass immigration, its paralysis in power to prevent 12-20 million illegal aliens from entering and staying, its failure to address the 'anchor-baby' issue, the Republican Party has birthed a new electorate that will send it the way of the Whigs.
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He said nothing: seldom do those who are silent make mistakes.
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I've got a fleet of cars and I've never had a driving license, ever.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.
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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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Don't take in no strangers while I'm gone. She sighed deeply. They ain't a soul in this world but what is a stranger to me, she said.
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I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.
