Dianne Reeves Quotes

My friend Harry Belafonte is an activist and musician, an extraordinary man who has dedicated his life to human rights. He taught me the power of words and that music can be used to heal and educate people.

Dianne Reeves

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LifeFriendMusicPowerWordsMan

We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're not very well known, and they're not read by very many people.

Robert Morgan

PeopleLongNarrativeWellCentury

With what Enrou was doing with helping women and taking products from local marketplaces, we thought it was really great.

Troy Carter

WomenGreatThoughtDoingProducts

When you're on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid.

Mary Berry

YouWayUpTakePaidBills

But I'm real conscious about what I do. I don't care what the label is. I'm looking at the outcome of it.

Mike Epps

LookingCareRealOutcomeLabel

When Senator McCain reaches across the aisle to find Democrats to support efforts to make America stronger, he finds plenty of us standing, willing to help him and many other Republican leaders.

Dick Durbin

SupportAmericaHelpStrongerFind

I worked as a draftsman for the Department of Environmental Protection, and as a teacher, in N.Y.C.; at a big bank and a small ad agency, a tiny law firm and a few giant ones; as a cashier and a dishwasher; preparing deli sandwiches and stringing tennis racquets and pruning evergreens into conical Christmas-tree shapes.

Chris Pavone

TeacherEnvironmentalLawSmallBank

I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.

Claire McCaskill

TimeMeCountryRightSameUp

When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.

William Wells Brown

ChangeMotherTimeThoughtNameBoy

I think that somewhere deep inside of me, I feel, if it's not something I believe in, then I probably won't be very good at it. And I have a fear of that. Not that I'm good in everything, but I try.

William Fichtner

GoodFearMeBelieveDeepThink

I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.

Tim Burton

AloneWorldThinkFeelOwnKids

It's very hard to be OK with who you are and not care what other people think of you. Believe me, I know.

Mark Indelicato

PeopleMeBelieveThinkCareYou

The thing is, my life is a country song. I don't need to be manufactured, and I don't need anyone to tell me what to say or what to sing.

Kellie Pickler

LifeMeSongMy LifeLife Is ASay

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