"People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.' When I would go in a record shop, you might find one or two records by me in different stacks."

-- Etta James

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“You can feel good about failure. Failure means you did something. You finished the story even if it wasn't what you'd hoped. Failure means you're learning. Growing. Doing.”
“Personally, I think neutral is just another way of saving your own ***** at the expense of someone else's.”
“In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.”

Source : Sir Henry Bessemer (1905). “Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S.: An autobiography”
“The man with a host of friends who slaps on the back everybody he meets is regarded as the friend of nobody.”
“You must relate athletic experiences to life.”
“The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesnâ€™t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who donâ€™t know you very well, are likely to think youâ€™re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.”
“I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.”

Source : "Don't get personal..." by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2005.
“Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.”

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