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I'm a very private person, and when I leave the stage, I leave the stage. (Helen Reddy)
If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am! View quote
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I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States. View quote
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Three-quarters of the world's population doesn't have enough to eat! View quote
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I don't think any one person is the cause of all of someone else's problems. View quote
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In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day. View quote
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My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record companies because they're not the Top 40 hit singles market. They forget these people still listen to music. View quote
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I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business. View quote
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Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive. View quote
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There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it. View quote
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It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell. (Helen Reddy)
I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time. View quote
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My audience are the same people who bought my albums years ago. These people are now married, with their own homes, their own families. If I'm in concert, I get people now who bring their kids. View quote
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I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without. View quote
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Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago. View quote
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Oh yes, I am wise But it's wisdom born of pain Yes, I've paid the price But look how much I gained If I have to, I can do anything I am strong I am invincible I am woman. View quote
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The word failure is not in my vocabulary. I learn something every day. It's human to make mistakes. View quote
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Would you take better care of yourself Would you be kinder to yourself Would you be more forgiving of your human imperfections If you realized your best friend was yourself. View quote
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There's a moment before I walk out on stage, where it's like electricity. And then you just go out there and it's home. The stage is home to me. View quote
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History will be much kinder to Richard Nixon than his contemporaries have been. Truths will come to light that will reveal him to be a more honorable man than some who have come to that office after him. View quote
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I believe that we are consciousness, consciousness is energy, and energy can never be destroyed. It can be transformed, but it can never be destroyed. (Helen Reddy)
Movie-making is not my favorite medium, because you're on the set for 12 hours and you might only film for three minutes. It's very much hurry up and wait. So, although I loved doing the film, it wasn't quite what I expected. View quote
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Years back I didn't wear makeup or use a hairdresser. Then, about four years ago, I became very tired of the way men and the media were trying to present feminists - as drab, un-attractive, shrill and ugly. So I changed. Some feminists have criticized me for it, but there's a lot of compromise in this business. View quote
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(The Queen of Housewife Rock) means I've reached a lot of people in a simplistic manner who would never go to a lecture or read an article on Women's Lib. My basic audience is women who have had their heads turned around by the knowledge that something's going on out there-that they can stay married and have their own identities. I'm not for the swinging singles. I have a career and marriage happening all at the same time, and that's the example I set. View quote
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I'm bothered by all these talent shows because it keeps people who are professional out of work, and these poor souls that are going on there are not getting paid, and people like Rupert Murdoch are making lots of money that they shouldn't be. View quote
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