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• You ought to be thankful for the little things
  But little things are all you seem to give
  You're always putting off what we can do today
  Soap opera says you've got One Life to Live
  Who's right, who's wrong?
  • "What Have You Done for Me Lately", Control (1986)

• I'm not a prude, I just want some respect (that's right)
  So close the door if you want me to respond
  Cause privacy is my middle name
  My last name is control
  No, my first name ain't baby
  It's Janet — Ms. Jackson, if you're nasty
  • "Nasty", Control (1986)

• Relax... it's just sex.
  • "Sexhibition", Damita Jo (2004)

• We are a nation with no geographic boundaries,

• • "Janet Jackson", Rhythm Nation

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• Acceptance is right. Kindness is right. Love is right. I pray, right now, that we're moving into a kinder time when prejudice is overcome by understanding; when narrow-mindedness, and narrow-minded bigotry is overwhelmed by open-hearted empathy; when the pain of judgmentalism is replaced by the purity of love.
  • Acceptance speech of a humanitarian award from the Human Rights Campaign, June 2005