"I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald."

-- Lena Horne

#Want Quotes #Franklin Quotes #Ability Quotes

“For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.”
“You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.”
“All things obey fixed laws.”
“Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?”
“The Japanese have a word for it. It's Judo - the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of Judo is, "Yes dear".”
“Ifyou believe in something, work nights and weekends, it won't feel like work.”
“Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
“...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know? Not be afraid of something that we don't know. ... It's unfortunate that things take a while to progress like this, but it was a great, great victory for equality. I'm proud New York has the balls to stand up for what's right.”

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