Bonnie Raitt Quotes

AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.

Bonnie Raitt

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GuitarHellContentAspireGreatest

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.

Joan Collins

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I don't want to be the guy who goes, 'Oh yeah, blah blah blah... everyone freaking well knows me.' Because that's not the case. Once in a while, someone will remember some silly thing I did and then they feel good. And they go, 'Oh, hey, Michael Bolton, I celebrate your whole catalog.' And I'm like, 'Great, great, I totally get it.'

John C. McGinley

GoodGreatMeFeel GoodCelebrate

It was a very hard decision to let people know about the multiple sclerosis because we're in an industry where illness is not something that show business likes.

Jennifer Holliday

BusinessDecisionPeopleKnowHard

When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else.

Robert Reich

ToughEmployeesSameEveryonePublic

I believe that every one of us has a gift. And I believe that mine is the ability to take the complex and make it simple.

Robert Kiyosaki

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The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.

Simon Greenleaf

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I want to make sure I'm climbing because there's no back-up. No one in my family has a house, and, regardless of your background, if someone has a house, that means you can always come back home. When you don't have that, it's like there isn't anywhere to stand, so you have to keep jumping.

Michaela Coel

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From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

HistorySocietyLearnYouKnowGet

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.

Michael Landon

MindExpectationsDreamDreaming

When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really.

Jude Law

DanceStepPeopleGeniusYouBody

What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where you can't get a job, you can't get a loan, you can't get a Pell grant, you can't get public housing.

Cory Booker

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Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be said that women are oftentimes subconsciously playing to the gender roles which we are taught from birth.

Bozoma Saint John

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