Kiki Dee Quotes

I was born Pauline Matthews and grew up in Bradford as one of three children - I had an older brother, David, and an older sister, Betty. My father Fred worked in the mills as a textile weaving supervisor, and my mother, Mary, was a housewife.

Kiki Dee

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FatherMotherChildrenBrotherBorn

Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.

Andrew Cuomo

I AmMeProcessBetterYouGoing

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

John Ruskin

SimpleSacrificeEasyPlaceSkill

When I was 17, my sister and I used to drive back from school in her car and sing the Spice Girls' chartbusters from the '90s at the top of our voices.

Amy Jackson

CarSchoolSisterDriveBackSpice

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.

Sugar Ray Leonard

LifeProudMy LifeDoneThingsLot

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

Robert Crumb

LoveGoodExerciseYouTryIdea

Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a vindictive determination to bring down a president who had offended self-righteous moralists eager to put a different political agenda in place.

Robert Dallek

DeterminationPoliticalDownPlace

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

Russell M. Nelson

GodMadeCovenantShouldProtective

God has blessed me. I've been given a lot. I'm at peace with myself. It's time to give back.

Michael K. Williams

GodTimeMyselfPeaceMeBlessed

Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it, you're not even aware; only afterwards do you know you were happy.

Luise Rainer

HappinessHappyMomentsYouKnow

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself.

Diane Wakoski

MyselfI AmMeTraditionLongLine

In 'Sidney's Comet,' thanks to all the consumerism, all the garbage had to be put in deep space, even though we're not supposed to litter the cosmos - that was an environmental message. Although it was funny, it had an important message.

Brian Herbert

FunnySpaceEnvironmentalDeep

When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage.

Colin Mochrie

LifeWorkTrustControlWorldKnow

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