"When I was fifteen, I remember my mum taking me to the posh clothes shop on London Road to get my first grown-up coat. It was royal-blue and very adult, and I thought, Gosh, this is great! But when my mum said to the assistant, "What's the lowest price you'll take for this?" I nearly died of shame, and wanted to run away."

-- Cilla Black

#Running Quotes #Blue Quotes #Clothes Quotes

“An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for 25 to 40 years, we are embedded in our prideful unilateralism, and nothing can return us to more traditional American values and principles of action. The hubristic creators of this "inevitability" planned it this way. ... Their failures in Iraq have not stopped the fanatic, power-hungry neoconservatives. ... The hard-liners who dominate this administration ... have led us to eternal conflict with Muslims.”
“One step at a time, I get to make positive choices to fulfill my dreams.”
“So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.”
“One of the things all entrepreneurs struggle with is where their efforts will have the highest impact. Unfortunately, too many of us continue to do the very same things that led to our initial success because we're good at it and we've created and invested in systems to support them”
“If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee,”
“My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.”
“You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.”
“Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind.”

You may also like:

Brian Epstein
Entrepreneur
Burt Bacharach
Singer
Cliff Richard
Singer
Dionne Warwick
Singer
Dusty Springfield
Singer
Pete Best
Musician
Petula Clark
Singer
Sheridan Smith
Actress
Paul O'Grady
Comedian