#he

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#because #dates #done #down #feel

I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist. ↗

— Charles Stross

#cosmic-sadist #death #everything #life #religion

Whether his policy was right or wrong, he built up the glory of the nation. ↗

— Sam Houston

#glory #his #nation #policy #right

It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#century #hard #i #me #music

No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#drug addict #get #husband #i #less

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#family #i #love #love me #me

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