Aretha Franklin Quotes

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Aretha Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomanI AmPeopleMeThinkEnough

But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.

Jilly Cooper

GodBookThinkBetterLearnStop

My father owned pit bulls when I was young. He sometimes fought them. My brother and a lot of the men in my community owned pit bulls as well: sometimes they fought them for honor, never for money.

Jesmyn Ward

FatherCommunityMoneyMenBrother

You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

John Mulaney

StoryYouMoreSidesSeeBoth Sides

To play a cop's wife - there's so much in that world, the wives or partners of anyone who is a first responder - it's not an easy job. It's not an easy way to live, to say goodbye to someone in the morning and not know what's going to happen throughout the day.

Amy Carlson

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I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

Michael Leunig

MeanEverythingBecauseFailedSort

My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it.

Miranda Leek

GoalsThinkEndTalkingYearLook

Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.

Luigi Pirandello

WorkNatureImaginationCreationHer

I have no unhappy memories of my childhood.

Louise Wilson

MemoriesChildhoodUnhappy

I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so.

Judge Reinhold

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Prior to being in 'Carousel,' I had only seen the movie. So, when I read the script, I felt like it was a lot deeper than the movie portrayed it to be.

Joshua Henry

CarouselSeenBeingOnlyDeeper

When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lose that.

Dick Van Dyke

CloudsMindThoughtYouLoseGrass

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Dean Acheson

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