"America breeds ambition and while that can be……" — Chaka Khan
"America breeds ambition and while that can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. Ambition also breeds competition and that can be a very bad thing. People become chronically preoccupied with competing and don't know when to stop. It can become unhealthy."
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45 Quotes by Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan has 45 quotes on this site.
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Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
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In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.
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There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.
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It's time for those of us who have a voice to speak out for life, for love and for justice…
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But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each…
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I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.
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I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.
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I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.
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I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself…
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One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet.…
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It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me,…
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If I love a song, I make it mine.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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