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I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#being #children #deal #eleven #god

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#get #going #i #just #know

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#best friend #either #enemy #friend #i

I'm good where I am at this moment. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#good #i #i am #moment #where

I'm the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something's going down, I won't eat. Some people eat, I don't eat. And it shows in my physical frame. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#been #day #down #eat #frame

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#face #felt #grammar #grammar school #had

My daughter is my greatest inspiration. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#greatest #inspiration

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#church #constantly #contact #first #had

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#i #makes #me #want

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#clothing #god #i #nature #regarded