Aretha Franklin Quotes

My mentor was Clara Ward of the famous Ward gospel singers of Philadelphia. And my dad was my coach. He coached me. And just my natural love for music is what drove me.

Aretha Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018

Topics

LoveMusicMeFamousMentorCoach

I think you could turn on any channel and see a sexy guy, depending on your barometer of what sexy is.

Joe Penny

ThinkSexyYouSeeTurnGuy

I lean toward anything with a dark sense of humor. And since I've been out of school, the majority of my books have been contemporary; basically, I like my characters to have electricity - even better, a TV.

Andrea Seigel

HumorSchoolBetterElectricityDark

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.

John Maynard Keynes

SuccessBeautifulWarCapitalism

If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.

Anna Seward

MusicLearnDrawingEducateWould

A long time ago, a sports reporter wrote that I wasn't strong in the free-skate, that I was more of a short-program skater. And that bothered me because I work so hard every day just for a person to judge me on a couple of bad skates and deem me a bad free skater. That's absurd!

Mirai Nagasu

WorkSportsTimeDayMeStrong

I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.

Jon Postel

SpaceInternetAuthorityNamesUse

I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly there, thanks to the critics. It was said that Preston Jones, the author, died of ulcer complications, but the truth was that the critics killed him.

Diane Ladd

TruthNew YorkTexasNewSaidStage

Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would actually believe the stuff that they're saying. You might even think those are the stories that matter.

Douglas Rushkoff

SayingBelieveThinkEveningYou

When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.

Constance Baker Motley

LawyerBadRaceUnitedUnited States

People think that theatre helps, but in my case, it slowed me down. I had to unlearn everything when I went on to a film set.

Ali Fazal

PeopleMeTheatreThinkDownFilm

For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.

Wole Soyinka

JusticeMeHumanityPrimeCondition

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there's a story there.

Mark Haddon

DogStoryYouFindKnowThrough

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