#had

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#although #ancient #ancient times #born #catholic

I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#did #eating #fat #full #got

I always had really long swimmer's arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#arms #body #go #had #i

But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. ↗

— Luther Allison

#back #being #dream #go #had

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#become #career #courage #energy #had

I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there. ↗

— GG Allin

#cause #even #had #heard #i

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

#died #hadn #i #i think #movement

But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular? ↗

— Luther Allison

#could #had #how #i #never

When I got to Chicago I had to find my way. ↗

— Luther Allison

#find #got #had #i #way

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me. ↗

— Mose Allison

#boogie #effect #era #favorites #had