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Bonnie Raitt Quotes

We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.

Bonnie Raitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Good Brother Healing Chance Year

It was so surreal, having my parents hear the President and First Lady saying to me, 'Good to see you again! We're so proud of you. We watched you on the Grammys and were like, 'That's our girl!'

Andra Day

Good Girl Parents Me Saying Proud

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.

Matt LeBlanc

Myself Me World Acting Drama Never

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

Michael Caine

Think You Schedule Up Going Your

We are a nation of innovators and problem-solvers who sparked revolutions in democratic government, civil rights, communications, flight, rural electrification and technology. We are a country defined by ideals now in need of rescue.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Technology Government Country Flight

I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her ability and to each according to his or her need.' And it's something that is still really important to me in thinking about how I prioritize what I do with my life.

Tracy Chapman

Life School Me Thinking My Life

The truth is I have always found it hard to get up. One of the reasons I became an actor was specifically because you get to lie in more than people with proper jobs.

Tom Hollander

Truth Lie People Truth Is You Actor

The industrial age was not about craftspeople trading peer to peer. It was about stopping that. You weren't supposed to be a craftsperson, you were supposed to be an employee.

Douglas Rushkoff

Age You Employee Industrial Peer

Once you have a firefighter in your family, your family and the families from his crew become one big extended family.

Denis Leary

Family You Become Big Crew Your

I avoided the spotlight when I was a kid. I always knew, 'Hey, it wasn't me. I didn't do anything.' If there was a camera around, I hid from it.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Me Camera Kid Anything Spotlight

The kinds of things that poetry can offer are timeless - mainly the kind of compression it offers of powerful language, powerful feelings and images, and, you know, the inner experience becoming outer.

Brenda Hillman

Experience Poetry Language Powerful

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

Placido Domingo

Stress Energy Reach Being There Hand

We don't always have an accurate view of our own potential. I think most people who are frightened of public speaking and can't imagine they might feel different as a result of training. Don't assume you know how much potential you have. Sometimes the only way to know what you can do is to test yourself.

Scott Adams

Yourself Training People Think View