Ruth Brown Quotes

But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.

Ruth Brown

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I think my performance in 'What's Love Got to Do With It' was powerful. I was so unafraid and confident. You know, it was the first mother of black Hollywood. I was Tina Turner's mama. That's what started it all. I had fallen in love right before that movie, and I had absolutely no fear in me.

Jenifer Lewis

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Everyone has faced something; some struggles are more heroic than others.

Megan Shull

OthersMoreEveryoneStrugglesThan

One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.

Jeff Raikes

FatherOpportunityGreatMePlan

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis.

Michael Bloomberg

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As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

Stephen Harper

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The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.

Sidney Blumenthal

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I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.

Josh Hutcherson

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What I want is to leave this sport as champion. I want to be the only featherweight champion. That's when I'll leave the sport.

Jose Aldo

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I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking.

Diane Kruger

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I trained for the drums for about two weeks, and then rocking out in front of an entire crowd was sort of like a dream come true. And now, Guitar Hero, I can't do that anymore. It's nothing like doing it on stage. I kinda wish I had a fake band, and we could go on tour.

Devon Bostick

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Working in front of the camera keeps me alive.

Chow Yun-Fat

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You're fighting a losing battle if you expect the people who own the studios to make moral choices.

Sydney Pollack

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