Lianne La Havas Quotes

I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and music that really makes me want to make music and sing.

Lianne La Havas

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LoveStrengthWomenMusicWisdomMe

When you think New York, you think Yankees.

Jerry Buss

New YorkThinkYouNewYankeesYork

What's gratifying for me and interesting is that people are picking up on exactly what I want them to, which is that this is energizing people, and making them want to make stories.

Jessica Abel

PeopleMeInterestingWantUpMake

As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

Anita Shreve

ConsequencesSingleActReckless

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

Jeffrey Donovan

LifeMomThreeWelfareUsHerself

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

Steffi Graf

RespectThinkArroganceYouLose

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

Stephen King

RomanticLanguageDirtRomanceTurns

People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.

Mindy Kaling

PeopleBeeMoviesTalkBeesHow

I want to be famous everywhere.

Luciano Pavarotti

FamousWantEverywhere

I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party.

Donna Brazile

I AmPartyMy OwnAshamedOwnSome

So I'm not a Southern writer in the commonly held sense of the term, like Faulkner or Eudora Welty, who took the South for their entire literary environment and subject matter.

Donna Tartt

EnvironmentMatterSouthernSense

I was the girl who got out of my athletic requirement by managing the boys' sports teams. Which is pretty ingenious, because when I was a sophomore, I got a prom date out of it. That was really strong planning on my part.

Ari Graynor

GirlSportsStrongPlanningOutGot

Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is.

Pink

WishBoldSometimesWriteI Wish

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