Bonnie Raitt Quotes

Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Bonnie Raitt

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FamilyGreatTimeAppreciationSong

I think a playful critique is good for all of us, and that's basically how I see satire functioning. But I'm not interested in a kind of contemptuous satirical vision; I try always, even when I'm knowingly being satirical, to also be humane, but I mean, let's face it: there's plenty in American life to make fun of, and we all participate in it.

Jennifer Egan

LifeGoodVisionFunFaceThink

If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.

Jennifer Granholm

ProgressYouSometimesLegsGoing

I have 800 books of just Samuel Beckett's work, tons of his correspondence, personal letters that he wrote. I have copies of plays he used when he directed, so all of his handwritten notes are in the corners of the page.

John Larroquette

WorkPageLettersPersonalNotesHe

Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

Robert Shapiro

JusticeValueFreeBetterSomeone

I think sex appeal is something that's fun. But I'd guess any man with any conscious consideration or understanding of his own sex appeal is one of the least sexy men you might meet.

Luke Goss

MenManFunThinkSexyYou

I can't watch 'Glee' because I get so jealous that I'm not there with them doing it that I can't even watch.

Janina Gavankar

JealousDoingWatchBecauseGet

Some of the most hard-working, generous people I've met in my whole life didn't really want to vote for him but did. My calling is to step onto the other side and humanise and portray the struggles of many Trump voters.

Chloe Zhao

LifeStepPeopleWantVoteHim

Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.

Britney Spears

FriendsMediaMatterUpMakes

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

Sharon Horgan

CommunityBadPlaceKnowRapLived

Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people for the better. But in the end, nothing can quite compare with winning your first Olympic gold medal.

Sebastian Coe

ChangePeopleGoldWinningBelieve

To Him I look as my judge, to Him as the avenger of my wrongs, firm in my own good conscience and secure in the sincerity of my devotion, rooted in faith and confident that those who in the love of justice suffer injury can never be confounded, nor those who break the horns of the persecutors of the Church be deprived of their everlasting reward.

Thomas Becket

LoveGoodFaithJusticeJudgeLook

My family has never put pressure on me. They've always been supportive no matter what.

Noah Cyrus

FamilyMePressureMatterNeverPut

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