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Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right. — Marilyn Horne

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. — Lena Horne

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman. — Lena Horne

You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph. — Lena Horne

They've offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun. — Sherilyn Fenn

It does not seem a year Since last we sent to you Our wishes for your special day And all that you would do. — Janet Horne

Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be lost — George Horne

I found out along the way that they like you a little imperfect. — Lena Horne

Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other. — Lena Horne

Always be smarter than the people who hire you. — Lena Horne

I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers. — Marilyn Horne

The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience. — George Horne

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me. — Lena Horne

I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know. — Lena Horne

One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure. — Harriet Van Horne

If we can't export the scenery, we'll import the tourists. — William Cornelius Van Horne

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to. — George Horne

There are rich counsels in the trees. — Herbert P. Horne

After nightfall, I wouldn't leave a burning building without an escort. — Harriet Van Horne

It takes time and tiredness and tension to hate a city. — John Horne Burns

Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world. — Alvin Ailey

I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished. — Lena Horne

I really do hate to sing. — Lena Horne

To be a good writer, one must be homosexual. — John Horne Burns

Really get to know a person by watching them closely without judgment. — T.R. Horne

I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story is incredible. — Naya Rivera

The sun has set," said Horne Fisher, in the same terrible tones, "and he will never see it rise again. — G.K. Chesterton

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad. — Lena Horne

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do. — Lena Horne

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance. — Lena Horne

I had my schooling right there in the Cotton Club. — Lena Horne

I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody. — Lena Horne

There wouldn't be a Halle Berry or an Angela Bassett or a Cicely Tyson if there hadn't been a Lena Horne. — Dee Dee Bridgewater

It may be that only when xenophobia stops working as an election winner will the way be cleared for a return to bipartisanship — Donald Horne

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. — Harriet Van Horne

'Tis always morning somewhere in the world — Richard Henry Horne

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer. — Marilyn Horne

Then when you think in years to come Of Birthdays long ago You may remember fondly How much we love you so. — Janet Horne

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things. — Marilyn Horne

At three o'clock this afternoon Evelyn Wastneys died. I am Evelyn Wastneys, and I died, standing at the door of an old country home in Ireland... — Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren. — Marilyn Horne

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X. — Lena Horne

You have to be taught to be secondclass;your not born that way — Lena Horne

Music became my refuge and then my salvation. — Lena Horne

Civility is a charm that attracts the love of all men. — George Horne

A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it. — Lena Horne

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death. — Lena Horne

I want to end the human race. But not because I don't like it. I just have a better idea. — Marc Horne

I know too much," said Horne Fisher, "and all the wrong things. — G.K. Chesterton

When men cease to be faithful to their God, he who expects to find them so to each other will be much disappointed. — Thomas Hartwell Horne

And once again we wish you All joyous things and more A day that's filled with happiness And memories to store. — Janet Horne

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else. — Lena Horne

for what is the good of going away and having adventures if we cannot talk about them when we come home — Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey

Always be smarter than those who hire you — Lena Horne

He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it. — Thomas Hartwell Horne

A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation. — Donald Horne

Harriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly ... He's pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator. — Erica Jong

It's not the weight of the load, but how you carry it.
~Lena Horne~ — Trenice Carter

No cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a rainbow in it. — Thomas Hartwell Horne

The best thing about living ... Is the chance to keep on doing it! — Lena Horne

People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment. — Dionne Warwick

Australia is a lucky country run by second-rate people who share its luck. — Donald Horne

Cooking is like making love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all. — Harriet Van Horne

In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way. — Lena Horne

You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it — Marilyn Horne

Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plough deep and straight with all your powers! — Richard Henry Horne

The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe. — Lena Horne

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted. — Lena Horne

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people. — Lena Horne

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. — Lena Horne

So have a day of pleasure Do things that make you smile For ... you are treasured Today and all the while. — Janet Horne

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else. — Lena Horne

Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists. — Harriet Van Horne

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life. — Lena Horne

Horne Fisher stooped and touched — G.K. Chesterton

People say time is the only thing that can heal a broken heart, but I don't know if that's true. I think sometimes a heart just stays broken. — Paige P. Horne

She saw why teachers get very old and stay very young. For there is no closer probing of the mind--not even in psychoanalysis. — John Horne Burns