"Being a celebrity made me so uncomfortable that I would have preferred standing behind the amplifiers."

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Linda Ronstadt

#Made Quotes #Uncomfortable Quotes #Audience Quotes

“In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me. I thought of myself as just painfully awkward and dorky. I had a lot of hair and was kind of weird. I sang a lot in the hallways.”
“To have a job where you can make things better for people? That's a blessing. Why would I do anything else?”
“The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.”
“Every fighter should really do that if they can, because if you build a fan base at home first, then once they receive you at home, it'll be easier to be received elsewhere.”
“The Kennedy assassination has demonstrated that most of the major events of world significance are masterfully planned and orchestrated by an elite coterie of enormously powerful people who are not of one nation, one ethnic grouping, or one over-ridingly important business group. They are a power unto themselves for whom those others work. Neither is this power elite of recent origin. Its roots go deep into the past.”
“Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.”
“Stop listening for a voice and start looking for a verse. He's already spoken.”
“I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.”

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