#la

We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off. ↗

— Maria Shriver

#happens #know #ladies #mouths #off

Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic. ↗

— Bobby Short

#even #opera #position #problematic #tenor

Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#demons #does #done #ever #give

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty #humor #making-love #plainness #women

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world. ↗

— Bobby Short

#appreciated #black #did #even #i

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working. ↗

— John Singleton

#erratic #had #i #more #nervous

The longest 60 seconds in the world occur when someone says, “I’ll be there in a minute.”
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #late #minute #time #waiting

To create reality, focus beyond the outcome, as if it has already happened. ↗

— Gregg Braden

#healing #inspiration #law-of-attraction #magic #metaphysics

To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#nonsense #rights #say #turkey #violated

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#become #children #different #different perspective #ironic