Eddie Cantor Quotes
Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict than with the other ones.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I have this desire in the back of my mind now of making music and film at the same time - putting the two together.
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I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.
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I like to be alone and listen to music. Every match I play, I have a tune in my head over and over. It might only be a few words or a small piece of the tune, but it can drive you mad.
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Whispering can be a rest from a noisy world of words.
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There's not much we can do about it in the short run, and that's the reality.
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Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.
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Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.
