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Bonnie Raitt Quotes

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Bonnie Raitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 8, 1949

Topics

Music Great Mind Political Late

My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

John Boyega

Language First Fortunate English

I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn't a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects, it is a grassroots movement.

Matt Taibbi

Tea People Think Party Say Movement

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Tony Kushner

Politics Man Feel Gay Determined

This fan thing doesn't really have any effect on my career goals. You know, I'll still be training fighters and haven't made any career plans yet. Just like I hadn't made any career plans before I fought Maccarinelli. I'll see how it goes, see how I feel. I always listen to my body.

Roy Jones Jr.

Goals Training Feel You Body Career

People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment.

Rupert Friend

People Face Find Say Compliment

I am often stunned and charmed by the simple brilliance of what children say. But you have to be willing to listen.

Mike Farrell

Children Simple I Am You Say Listen

Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Motivational Love Integrity Truth

Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I misspell or mis-grammatize anything, but also, is this worth polluting the interwebs with for posterity?

Don Willett

Mind Worth Through Anything Hit Did

I'm not going to lie: I'm a competitive player. I think there's no point playing football if you're not competitive and you don't want to win games.

Dele Alli

Football Lie Win Think You Want

I always wanted to be tall, but I'm not, OK?

Cheryl Ladd

Tall Always OK Wanted

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.

Chris Moneymaker

Sports Day Small Hobby Every Day

Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons for long periods of time and puts them under heavy questioning before they are ever even charged with a crime.

Annie Jacobsen

Time Justice War Fighting Long Been