"I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time."

-- Bonnie Raitt

#Thinking Quotes #Gun Quotes #Cities Quotes

“The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach making a painting before. I think that it gets to a richer illumination of the moment, which is what I was trying to do at the beginning but going about it a little backwards.”
“I will not live without love.”
“What is the best advice, business or otherwise, you've had and from whom? The best advice I've received came many years ago from my father.Â He told me that you should love whatever work you do, you should try to find something you truly enjoy.Â And I've been lucky through the years that the work I've been involved with has been challenging and for the most part, fun.”
“I'm also crazy about Pilates Plus, which I do three times a week. The class is 55 minutes, head to toe. In that short amount of time, I've done everything I need to do. And for a working mom, what could be better?”
“Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things, you're an artist.”
“Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.”

Source : "Melissa McCarthy: 'I don't know why I am not thinner'", www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2012.
“Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.”
“I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion. It stresses me out, but I prefer creative chaos.”

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