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Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot...

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Marvin Gaye: If you cannot...

Marvin Gaye: If you cannot...

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

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Herman J Mankiewicz: If people don't...

Herman J Mankiewicz: If people don't...

If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

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Billie Holiday: I'm always making...

Billie Holiday: I'm always making...

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Source: In...

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Marian Anderson: A singer starts...

Marian Anderson: A singer starts...

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God . . . When you have been given something in a moment of...

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Marian Anderson: When you stop...

Marian Anderson: When you stop...

When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford: Looking back on...

Tennessee Ernie Ford: Looking back on...

Looking back on it, I wouldn't change a thing.

Source: In The Book of Country Music...

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Ethel Merman: She's OK if...

Ethel Merman: She's OK if...

She's OK if you like talent.

Source: On her friend Mary Martin; In Words of Women...

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Frank Sinatra: The thing that...

Frank Sinatra: The thing that...

The thing that influenced me most was the way Tommy played his trombone. . . . It was my idea to make my voice work in...

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Dean Martin: When your opponent's...

Dean Martin: When your opponent's...

When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the...

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Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour...

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Pearl Bailey: A man without...

Pearl Bailey: A man without...

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his...

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Flip Wilson: You can't expect...

Flip Wilson: You can't expect...

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

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Bob Hope: Kids are wonderful,...

Bob Hope: Kids are wonderful,...

Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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George Burns: Retirement at sixty-five...

George Burns: Retirement at sixty-five...

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

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Lenny Bruce: All my humor...

Lenny Bruce: All my humor...

All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence,...

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Fred Allen: We are living...

Fred Allen: We are living...

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with...

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Fred Allen: He dreamed he...

Fred Allen: He dreamed he...

He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.

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Minnie Pearl: Take the back...

Minnie Pearl: Take the back...

Take the back roads instead of the highways.

Source: In The Book of Country Music...

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Jackie Moms Mabley: Love is like...

Jackie Moms Mabley: Love is like...

Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.

Source:...

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