Dionne Warwick Quotes
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Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here... If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the structure and the backbone that I have, I wouldn't be able to mess up and keep coming back and sit in front of you as a world champion.
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I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that.
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There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful Irish writers, and we have quite a number of Irish women directors. But there could be more, and there should be more.
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
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I love pain. Love pain.
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Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.
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If feminism has receded in visibility and prestige, it is precisely because its vision of life's goals and rewards has become too narrow and elitist.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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She was beautiful when she died-a hundred years ago.
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Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.
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It seems to me very important to continue to distinguish between two evils. It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
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'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. It's epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet you still feel like you can reach out and touch it.
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I'm definitely an independent person, and I don't need boyfriends all the time.
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Once I opened my eyes to the realities of life, I couldn't close them.
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Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.
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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
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Dust does rise, doesn't it? And so can I.
