Whitney Quotes - Page 2

• The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler, 'Hold on guys! What the hell is this ugly bit of business?

  Abe Ajay

  Fashion, Art, Blow

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• ...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

  Nora Roberts

  Strong Women, Needs, Arms

  "Glory In Death". Book by J. D. Robb, 1995.

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• Your name is Lily Whitney. You are the woman I want at my side night and day. I want you to be the mother of my children someday. I want you for my lover. I want you for the person I turn to when the world gets to be too much.

  Christine Feehan

  Mother, Children, Night

  Christine Feehan (2003). “Shadow Game”, p.118, Penguin

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• I had an idea for a medical conspiracy thriller. Since it was non-horror, I didn't want the publishers and editors bringing a lot of baggage - my history as a genre writer in the SF and horror fields, for instance - to the novel when they read it. I wanted them to consider the book solely on its own merits. So I called myself Colin Andrews. I was tired of seeing my books at floor level. Not that Herman Wouk and Phyllis Whitney and William Wharton are bad company, but I wanted to be up at eye level for a change, where people with bad backs could get a chance to see my books.

  F. Paul Wilson

  Book, Eye, Tired

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• I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.

  Rebecca Ferguson

  Growing Up, Inspiration, Soul

  "Rebecca Ferguson Finds Heaven Everywhere". Interview with Ilana Kaplan, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2012.

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• Alberto Alessi had asked a dozen architects to design a sterling silver tea service - with a teapot, a coffee pot, sugar, creamer, a spoon, and a tray. Our brief was that it didn't matter if it didn't work and cost wasn't the issue. It was a promotional project, not a commercial enterprise, and was going to be showcased in museums. And the coffee and tea piazza, as mine was called, received a great response. It was wonderful to walk into the Whitney museum and see all these objects on the first floor.

  Michael Graves

  Coffee, Issues, Museums

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• I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you're talking about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.

  Simon Cowell

  Thinking, Talking, Legacy

  "Britney Spears and Simon Cowell Talk THE X FACTOR Season Two". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 25, 2012.

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• I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

  Whitney Houston

  Girl, Fats, Okay

  "Transcript: Whitney Houston: 'I'm a Person Who Has Life'". Interview with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. February 13, 2012.

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• There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.

  Billy Joel

  Kids, Going Away, Houston

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• I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

  Mariah Carey

  People, Mind, Houston

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Jeff Ross has been roasting people since Whitney Cummings was nothing but a glint in the eye of the man who raped her mother.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Mother, Eye, Men

  "Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump". www.imdb.com. 2011.

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• I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the best from each to represent my own personality. Whitney Houston, George Michaels, Sade, Phil Collins, and many others have influenced me.

  Laura Pausini

  Artist, Personality, Houston

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• Whitney Houston came in. Someone dared me to do "the Gap act" on her. You know, the Gap act. So I went up to her like I didn't know who she was, and I said, 'Hi, I just wanted to let you know about our sale items and make sure to check out our new colors'. She looked at me like I was crazy.

  Amy Adams

  Crazy, Color, Houston

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have to always, always pay homage to a woman I never met but she touched me like she touched so many others with that amazing voice, Whitney Houston. The very first time I heard her voice, I knew I wanted to make people feel that way. Even if I couldn't do all of that that she did, the way she was able to tell my story without even knowing me, the way she could feel what I didn't know how to express, it was spiritual almost.

  Demetria McKinney

  Spiritual, Voice, Knowing

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• Anytime there's a fire in a negro community and it's burning out of control, you send any one of them, send Whitney Young in to put it out.

  Malcolm X

  Fire, Community, Burning

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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• Wyatt [ Walker] doesn't say that as much as Whitney Young does.

  Malcolm X

  Doe, Young, Walkers

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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• When I put my big retrospective together in '96 [for the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York], I saw that there were all these pictures of people inside looking out. All these pictures of women in water and mirrors. I don't know what it means.

  Nan Goldin

  Art, New York, Mean

  Source: foggysapphires.wordpress.com

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• Whitney proved to be a competent manufacturer, but wasn't an original inventor to any important degree. Thomas Blanchard was a true genius: his stock making machine was the daddy of all the industrial profiling machinery, like the 1870s universal milling machine, that was the especial American contribution to machining technology. By that time, the British conceded that machinery innovation had shifted to America.

  Charles R. Morris

  Technology, America, Daddy

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

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• Whitney Houston, one of my biggest inspirations, also had that same mindset because her songs vary from R&B, hip hop, pop, and gospel.

  Heather Headley

  Song, Inspiration, Hip Hop

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I tried a couple of pop writers - none of the big, big, big ones - but it didn't work for me. I do have a commercial voice; I'm not quirky. I'm very normal and that's probably why I like people like Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston. It's no-nonsense. They sing well, and that's it.

  Jessie Ware

  Couple, Voice, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• My dad used to take my younger sister Whitney and I to the firing range, and he'd stand behind us as we shot. We were tiny, tiny girls, only about ten years old at the time, so the recoil when we pulled the trigger would send us flying backwards. But he'd stand behind us and make sure we were safe.

  Amber Heard

  Girl, Dad, Years

  "20Q: Amber Heard". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. August 10, 2011.

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• My lady makes me do it. I sang Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard".

  Kevin Hart

  Houston, Bodyguard

  "Ice Cube And Kevin Hart Play A Hilarious Game Of 'Never Have I Ever'". Interview with Ellie Bate, www.buzzfeed.com. January 22, 2016.

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• I'm more of an oldies guy. I'll say this - Michael Jackson, best entertainer of all time. Luther Vandross, best male singer of all time. Whitney Houston, best female singer of all time...and when Teddy Pendergrass says turn off the lights, turn 'em off. That's what I got for you.

  Russell Wilson

  Light, Guy, Males

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

  Ariana Grande

  Growing Up, Houston, Goddess

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• 'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.

  Jerry Saltz

  Summer, Art, New York

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