939 private quotes tagged respect

“When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.” — Loretta Lynn

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“Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.” — Gil Scott-Heron

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“You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.” — Nicole Kidman

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“There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.” — John Edwards

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“You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.” — K. D. Lang

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“Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.” — Georg Simmel

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“I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.” — Chris Brown

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“Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.” — Nikita Khrushchev

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“Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.” — Jay-Z

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“Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born.” — Antonio Banderas

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“In England, with all due respect, we have some of the plainest actresses in the entire world as our greatest.” — Minnie Driver

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“I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.” — Andrew Cuomo

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“I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.” — Malcolm X

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“After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.” — Taryn Manning

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“It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.” — Marcel Carne

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“I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect.” — Jane Goodall

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“I have respect for beer.” — Russell Crowe

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“Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.” — Jean Rostand

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“I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either.” — Carrie Underwood

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“Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.” — Tiberius

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“I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.” — Haruki Murakami

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“Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard.” — Shahrukh Khan

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“To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.” — James A. Baldwin

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