Mavis Staples Quotes

Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.

Mavis Staples

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MeSingingStopWantGoneSomebody

Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory.

Joan Rivers

MoreTelephoneChineseThanTaylor

Discipline tops my list of most-hated things, followed closely by portobello mushrooms.

Jenny Mollen

DisciplineThingsMushroomsList

Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool.

Jen Kirkman

FacePoolRewardingVeryParenthood

I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.

Stephen Moyer

WomenThinkChivalryComeVirtues

Definition is the death of discovery.

Tom Shadyac

DeathDiscoveryDefinition

When I have people like Planned Parenthood intentionally not following the law, that's where the state will be involved.

Matt Bevin

PeopleLawWillPlannedWhereLike

My job as attorney general has been, in regard to guns, to have oversight in regard to concealed-carry licenses.

Mike DeWine

JobGunsBeenGeneralAttorney

For me, clothing has always been connected to history. That's what draws me in.

Liz Goldwyn

HistoryMeConnectedAlwaysClothing

It is proper to take photographs or other kinds of pictures of persons to put them before us for sight or remembrance. But it is improper to make pictures and images of God and to take his likenesses therefrom to his great distortion.

Dayananda Saraswati

GodGreatPicturesSightRemembrance

I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

Chiaki Kuriyama

BallHeadChainHitOnce

The feeling I had several times in youth, when lying in a field staring up at the night sky, that I might fall into the infinite void - for people like me, this idea mostly provokes anxiety.

Claire Messud

SkyPeopleMeYouthNightAnxiety

But I love singing, and I've been singing backup for friends' bands.

Alia Shawkat

LoveSingingFriendsBackupBeen

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