Keith Emerson Quotes
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
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Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
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It's been so difficult to watch people criticize me and my intentions.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
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Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
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Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure.
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The only reason for doing a play is to make a statement about it, and by that I don't mean a conceit of the producer.
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In terms of politics, I just look at people's policies, and sometimes I agree with something, sometimes I won't.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.
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Concussions happen. If not on every play, then they happen like every other, every third play, you know.
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The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
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I want to make a poem of my life.
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Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.
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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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I wanted to have a label to not only release my own stuff but to also give young talent a chance to release their music without signing away their life. I had a great time with Spinnin', and the people I worked with were amazing, but the contract wasn't really for me. It wasn't what I wanted.
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There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.
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I've gone through hell and back.
