Patti LaBelle Quotes

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.

Patti LaBelle

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ShoesMeDiamondsYearPartyWant

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.

Jeff Nichols

PeopleCareChessPiecesBigMove

I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.

Amy Hempel

GoodStoryEndFeelYouWrite

Stars that become supernovae start off at least eight times heavier than our sun. They're so short-lived that, even if they have planets, there is unlikely to be time for life to get started. The surface is 40,000C and, as a result, the colouring will be extremely blue.

Martin Rees

LifeStarsTimeBlueSunStart

Nothing was ever handed to me. I mean nothing.

Mike Daniels

MeNothingMeanEverHanded

I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I looked like this post-apocalyptic character.

Jay Ryan

CharacterBeautifulHairFamousLake

I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect you. So to be a better ally, you have to look at it as if it's someone you know instead of this abstract person you've never met.

Jonathan Van Ness

WomenMenPeopleThinkBetterLook

I was a mother's boy.

Don Rickles

MotherBoy

I get cheered more and more for one simple reason: When I step in the ring, I steal the show! I will not accept anything less from myself.

Dolph Ziggler

MyselfSimpleStepRingAcceptWill

If you win all the time, you lose the drama in life. To make the happy moments happy, you need the sad moments too.

Doug Davidson

LifeSadTimeHappyWinMoments

The biggest lie in the world is in answer to the question, 'How are you?' People usually say, 'I'm fine,' but that's mostly bull. Everyone wants to display being perfect. They tell themselves and their friends, 'I drive this car, I own this house, I'm fine.' People ball up into these tight wads of repression.

Brittany Howard

CarLiePeopleWorldDriveFriends

While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.

Philip Hammond

FreeBelieveI BelieveOpenPlaying

I've learned to allow myself the room to fall in love with what I'm writing.

Sylvia Day

LoveMyselfWritingFallRoomAllow

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