#use

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me. ↗

— LaToya London

#american idol #been #being #competition #else

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother. ↗

— John Lone

#become #eventually #father #friend #grew

A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride. ↗

— Nancy Lopez

#breaks #competitor #competitors #drive #find

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#afraid #am #difference #i #i am

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#house #master #never #tools #will

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#am #becomes #dare #i #i am

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#asking #because #black #dismiss #dyke

The thought of playing a New York detective scared the hell out of me. I didn't know if people would believe me in the role just because of my physicality, which made me want to do it even more. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

#believe #detective #even #hell #i

Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On other days, we lost so many lives and so many brothers and sisters...on that aspect, no. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#because #brothers #certain #days #definitely

Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look. ↗

— Kelly Lynch

#dress #i #look #myself #repeat