Aretha Franklin Quotes

I had not been in the jazz environment, having been brought up in the church. But once I got to New York, and I was signed to perform at The Village Gate and the Vanguard and clubs like that, and these - the Vanguard was one of the most elite, if not the most elite, jazz club out there.

Aretha Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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My stormtrooper suit would chip underneath the armpits and in between the thighs. So they had to do a lot of editing for my costume and shave some areas down.

John Boyega

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All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.

Sue Monk Kidd

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My siblings, along with my parents Chris and Kath, are the reason that I am successful. Whether I wanted to become an elementary school teacher, enter and win Alternative Miss Ireland, enroll to do a Ph.D., or visit the White House to speak about fashion and disability, they supported me.

Sinead Burke

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I love Calvin Klein underwear. That's the only kind of underwear I wear.

Trey Songz

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Every two months, I'll get a trim, and every two years, I'll get a cut. And my night ritual is that I go to sleep. I don't wrap my hair, I don't bun my hair, I don't do crap!

Tracee Ellis Ross

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You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.

Rudolf Steiner

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We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.

Mike Pence

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But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

Michelangelo Antonioni

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I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

Jonathan Kozol

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Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented.

Dick Bruna

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In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.

Derek Luke

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There used to be a tradition of the loveable rogue who would steal from the honour boxes in churches and buy a round of drinks with the money he snagged. And everyone would find him tremendously good company. But not any more.

Douglas Coupland

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