#y

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad. ↗

— Lena Horne

#get #i #lena #mad #mouth

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know. ↗

— Lena Horne

#i #i feel #know #learning #lot

There are some people that will be deterred by the fact that we have nuclear weapons... But those people are the folks we can deal with anyway. ↗

— Charles Horner

#deal #deterred #fact #folks #nuclear

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#after #being #highest #only #seeing

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#american #capital #generally #history #idea

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time. ↗

— Lena Horne

#bad #began #else #everybody #everybody else

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people. ↗

— Lena Horne

#kinder #made #myself #other #people

I really do hate to sing. ↗

— Lena Horne

#i #really #sing

I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years. ↗

— Lena Horne

#belongs #brave #clubs #exceptions #few

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. ↗

— Lena Horne

#aretha #aretha franklin #before #ella #ella fitzgerald