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It was fashionable, youre supposed to be a married lady, so I did.

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Dionne Warwick
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: December 12
Actor
Musician
Singer
Television Presenter
East Orange
New Jersey
Marie Dionne Warrick
Fashionable
Lady
Supposed
Married

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Man will never understand woman and vice versa. We are oil and water. An equal level can never be maintained, as one will always excel where the other doesn't, and that breeds resentment.
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My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.
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I first came to Brazil in the Sixties. Then I started coming back every year since touring most of the country. I grew to love it, the people, the music. I thought this is where I belong. I've been living in Brazil for the past 23 years. I call it my stress-free country.
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I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that helps the vocal cords.
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The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession.
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Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?
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What's it all about Alfie, is it just the moment we live?
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All the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas.
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Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.
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I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.
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I'm not psychic myself.
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What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. After you do, he'll never phone you.
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People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.
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The music for me is paradise. I think it's where God lives.
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Before I put on my make up, I say a little prayer for you.
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I come from a singing family and as is said, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.'
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I think it's a complete injustice, the way it's (the trial) being done
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We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.
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I have been blessed with some incredible compositions to record and perform and all of my songs have had the ability to grow as I and those who have supported this career of mine for these 50 years have.
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I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have.
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