RobertHaigh's Quotes Page #15

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If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

Joan Baez  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

Joan Baez  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

Joan Baez  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

Joan Baez  Famous Quote

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My father came from a country called Bolivia. He was of Spanish descent. I never went to Bolivia until I was 60 years old, but apparently when he was 17, he had already planned his entire academic curriculum so that he could graduate high school and enter college in the United States. That's how much he wanted to come to this country.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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I was lucky that one of my first movies, 'One Million Years B.C.' was made in Europe by a British company. The Brits, and a lot of the rest of Europe, seemed to really love exotic women. The fact that I was American and exotic just made me more appealing to them.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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My father was Bolivian, which makes me half-Bolivian. It's where I got some of my exotic features and certainly my skin tone.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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You can't fake listening. It shows.

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

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I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

Raquel Welch  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

In 1974 I was trying to get my first little band together. That year marked kind of a traumatic point in my life, but I had a lot of support from friends and family and a lot of good things ended up coming out of it.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

I'm even able to have kind of a little bit of a second career in dog rescue. Doesn't pay anything, but it's become a real passion for me.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

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I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons. I learned how to listen to George Jones records and the Louvin Brothers.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

The only time I ever appeared in the 'Enquirer' was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I'm not much of a wild child.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

Emmylou Harris  Famous Quote

added 4 years ago

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D A Series of Unfortunate Events