Mavis Staples Quotes

The kids today have these fresh faces. It's like they're on pins and needles, waiting to see what I'm going to do. They've never seen me. In the 1960s, those were hippies. They were wired up already. The kids today know me because I've worked with Jeff Tweedy and other young producers.

Mavis Staples

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TodayWaitingMeKnowYoungNever

Everybody thinks that I did this and I did that, but I just went along with the times.

Joe Gold

AlongJustEverybodyThinksDid

When I'm not working, I wear minimal make-up. I try to keep my skin clean and easy.

Sofia Richie

EasySkinTryCleanWearWorking

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

Silvio Berlusconi

BestWarDemocracyCountryNever

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.

Robin Trower

GuitarWantIrreplaceableGet

When the dollar is in trouble, that will be one of the alternatives, and the more Bitcoins are used, the worse it will be for the dollar.

Ron Paul

TroubleWillMoreDollarUsedWorse

Once a refugee, always a refugee. I can't ever remember not being all right wherever I was, but you don't give your whole allegiance to a place or want to be entirely identified with the society you're living in.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

SocietyRememberYouPlaceLiving

It is true for my family and many others: Adoption has made us infinitely richer in the ways that matter most.

Rumaan Alam

FamilyTrueMatterOthersUsMade

I remember as a child, my mother loved Dean Martin. Every Christmas, about the only Christmas album that we were able to listen to was the Dean Martin Christmas album.

Michael Spradlin

MotherChildLovedRememberListen

I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.

Michael Shannon

MotherPeopleGrowing UpBibleNever

Every species becomes extinct; at some point, we will go extinct. The question is, as Homo sapiens, are we going to be able to adapt to the change that we're actually part of? We're causing such dramatic changes to the planet, so yes, you do stop and think, 'I wonder where we're headed.'

Louise Leakey

ChangeThinkYouWonderStopAdapt

Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been targeted by censors for promoting New Ageism, and Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' for promoting racism. Gee, where does that leave the kids?

Judy Blume

TimeRacismNewLeaveMarkKids

Slovenia wishes that Montenegro will continue successfully its way towards European integration and will reach peaceful co-habitation with other former Yugoslav peoples within a united Europe.

Janez Drnovsek

ReachPeacefulWishesWillWay

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