Kent McCord Quotes
Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.
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My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
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I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.
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The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.
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My parents owned a plants nursery. We all grew up growing things and planting things and selling things, and I also managed landscape crews.
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For being in a relationship or to be linked up with somebody, you need to have time. I hang out with my friends just at my leisure, but there's no time to get into any link up.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.
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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
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It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on!
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The thing that makes writing so difficult is you don't have the element of serendipity. At least with a photograph, you can set up the camera, and something might happen. You might be a lousy photographer, but you can get a good picture if you just take enough of them.
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People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years.
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Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'
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I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.
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I sometimes let people down, especially when I was younger. I was cavalier about what people told me. Part of growing up is learning when to shut up.
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I'm not jaded yet. I'm still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I'm happy to meet them.
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There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.
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Oh, where is there the heart but knowsLove's first steps are upon the rose!
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I don't think I made it clear where I was mentally when I appeared on 'X Factor.' There was so much pressure and a lot of judging. But I wanted to take a chance on the show because I wanted to make something of myself. 'X Factor' seemed like the only way out.
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Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.
