I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am straight enough to know that if you want to marry whoever you want to marry, you should be able to marry whoever you want to marry

Patti LaBelle

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Tell Aretha I’ll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her.

Patti LaBelle

praying needs jesus

God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.

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There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.

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winning doors character

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

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That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. Because love is demonstration, not declaration.

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flower love-is relationship

Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

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pain mother dirty

Here's the thing about faith: It gives us the strength to go on when we want to give in. It gives us the courage to get up when we want to lie down. It gives us the power to make a way out of no way when there ain't no way. Just as love can't make you strong until love has made you weak, well, faith can't lift you up until life has knocked you down. With faith or without it, we can't stop the waves. But with it, we don't need to. Because with it we can ride the surf.

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strong faith lying

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

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prove feels

When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you.

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godly spiritual may

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

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In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

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want-something matter heart

I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.

Patti LaBelle

accepted facts people

Every exit is an entrance to someplace else.

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beginnings-and-endings entrances exit

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

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graves way

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

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black-and-white inspiring people

Always respect yourself and don't go out there disrespecting yourself.

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respect-yourself

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.

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angel giving

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

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entrepreneur success giving

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.

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race people thinking

There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over and over and over.

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easy today people