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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water. ↗

— Ray Charles

#already #arrived #blood #born #food

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap. ↗

— Ray Charles

#cheap #i #love #love is #mean

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. ↗

— Ray Charles

#any #borrow #flour #give #got

I just want to be in my sweats, walk my dog, watch TV and eat pizza. ↗

— America Ferrera

#eat #i #just #pizza #sweats

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box. ↗

— Bobby Charlton

#debatable #decision #even #fair #inside

The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#approaches #avoid #avoided #country #desire

You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#check #facts #filled #i #joking

I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I'm born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don't speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker. ↗

— America Ferrera

#angeles #because #born #enough #how

Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture. ↗

— America Ferrera

#american #culture #hell #i #i love

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through. ↗

— America Ferrera

#am #because #been #before #carry