"You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ainâ€™t my President â€“ had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. Sheâ€™s going to get her [expletive] whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now Iâ€™m going to sing it for yâ€™allâ€¦"

-- Etta James

#Song Quotes #Forever Quotes #Singing Quotes

“In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.”
“A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.”
“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.”
“You have to look past the cool things and play the game. That's why you're here, to play the game.”
“My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.”
“Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came”
“The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun about playing a character that has a lot of authority in her own life.”
“The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession.”

Source : "How Whitehall betrayed social workers" by Andy Sawford, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2009.

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