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Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking
Reba McEntire
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Reba McEntire
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 28
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Reba Nell McEntire
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A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.
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I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.
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I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.
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Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.
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I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.
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The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time, and then I speak it, it's amazing how the light shines so much brighter.
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Patsy Cline? Larger than life! She taught me emotion: raw, sincere, unashamed.
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Being sexy is kind of funny to me.
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There's a lot of power in putting it out in the universe. It's telling your subconscious mind, 'This is what's gonna happen.'
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So, we come out to Los Angeles. And we met with every network. We met with show runners, directors, writers, everything. And what we had an idea for, they didn't like. And what they had an idea for, we didn't like. So, we went home.
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For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just - it was just like we were all meant to be there together.
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How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?
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My mama is my best friend. We have fun, we can talk about anything, she always is on my side but really quick to tell me when I'm wrong. That's a true friend. She's loyal, smart, witty and intelligent. She loves family and loves to travel. All the things I love!
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I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.
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When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.
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But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that's the keeper.
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Mama was a stickler on keeping your word. That's helped me to make the right decisions in so many situations. Because of that, I also think really hard before I make a decision because I know I'm going to have to see it through.
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