"When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it,"

--

Gertrude Ederle

“Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.”
“The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.”
“It's up and down, and people are going to love things you do, people are going to hate things you do.”

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“no job is a good job if it isn't good for you.”
“I am whelmed, and not overly whelmed, just whelmed about a lot of facets in life - just how fragile life is and the different challenges you have in life, phobias about things.”
“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.”
“Being a teacher is not what I do, it's who I am.”
“Music is a big gift opportunity.We have to have our best offers disposed to capitalize on that.”

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