Mavis Staples Quotes

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

Mavis Staples

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GoodFatherSingingFeelSongsSang

With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news.

Jim Drain

MusicPeopleListeningYouNewsWay

Acting-wise, I love Helena Bonham Carter. I love Kate Winslet. I love Angelina Jolie when she was 'Girl, Interrupted' Angelina Jolie. There isn't anybody that I can definitely point to and be like her. Because I've never felt like I've been able to relate to the women that are famous.

Jessica Williams

LoveWomenGirlFamousI CanNever

There are times and places for tune-ups and stay-busy fights.

Andre Ward

PlacesFightsTimes

My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother.

Melissa Etheridge

MotherHappinessWifeJoyBeing

There are immense numbers of potential entrepreneurs who can start their own businesses among the people who are working in large organisations.

Max McKeown

PeopleStartPotentialNumbersOwn

Graduating from high school is certainly a good idea, but it's no longer much protection against poverty.

Stephanie Coontz

GoodSchoolHigh SchoolPovertyHigh

Together, we will make America great again.

Mike Pence

GreatTogetherAmericaWillAgain

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market.

Monique Lhuillier

DressLookingWeddingDressesNiche

They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that constitution when its integrity shall be threatened.

Lorenzo Snow

IntegrityConstitutionChampionsWill

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

Little Richard

QueenI AmKingRock And RollRock

I think you have to improve every day a little bit so you don't have one day where there's a big thing coming.

Dominic Thiem

DayThinkYouEvery DayOne DayBig

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I'm an activist - that's just the kind of person I am.

Chaz Bono

I AmGayPersonKindWayMovement

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