"I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been."

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Source : "Etta James' New Lease Of Life", www.sfgate.com. August 22, 2003.

Etta James

#Long Quotes #Gone Quotes #Should Quotes

“Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to keep within that, and preserve and cultivate its identity.”
“We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.”

Source : Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.
“Once you’re sensitized to the negative effects of unhealthy choices, it gets easier to turn down what used to seem impossible to resist.”
“A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.”

Source : "The Arab Role in Making Peace" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2010.
“If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.”
“Iâ€™ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesnâ€™t feel right or isnâ€™t going the way it should, I listen to my instincts and change it.”
“I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything”
“The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.”

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