Dionne Warwick Quotes
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All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!
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As far am I'm concerned, I don't listen to radio anymore. They play the same ten songs over and over again, so why would I?
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Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.
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It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.
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Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and men in these communities is holding back progress.
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I don't think there's anything I can't do. I have no regrets.
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I come from a singing family and as is said, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.'
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I still have some very dear friends from school, and we get together whenever possible.
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I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that helps the vocal cords.
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I've had some incredible moments in my life - thus far. I hope a lot more are coming.
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I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.
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I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.
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I treat others exactly the way I want to be treated.
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I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.
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My songs are like my children. I love every single one of them.
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The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession. I feel watched 90% of the time, but that is something I drew with the cards that I drew.
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I have bought a lot of beautiful clothes with my money, but I've also earned it.
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The music for me is paradise. I think it's where God lives.
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I was told by my grandfather who was a minister that we all were put here on earth to be of service to one another, and it is quite gratifying to know that if I am able to be of help to one that is not able to help themselves then I am fulfilling my obligation as a human being.
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Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.
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Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn't, and that breeds resentment.
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I'm not psychic myself.
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During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.
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I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.