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

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

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"We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit."

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"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."

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"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

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"We are capable of greatness."

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"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."

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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

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"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."

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"Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances."

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"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."

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"I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were."

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"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."

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"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."

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"I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody."

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"We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit."

"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

"We are capable of greatness."

"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."

"I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation."

"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."

"Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances."

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"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."

"I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were."

"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."

"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."

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

"It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance."

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

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

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