American Quotes

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.

I was a single mother when my child was little.

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare.

I have two grandchildren.

I have represented people in book deals.

I have known some wonderful men.

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.

I cannot take every case that people ask me to take.

I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.

Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it.

Yeah, like, when I look back on my life, I just remember back what happened in '74, or something. It seems like only the real good stuff comes to mind. I don't think of all the tragedies and all the funerals. That just doesn't come to mind at all. I guess I'm really blessed that way.

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

The booking agent had the audacity to take 10 percent, so we wound up with about $100 a week apiece.

The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.

My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much.

In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

I would like to be remembered as a - somebody who could rock your soul or make your cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God.

I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.