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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I love my dad. He's the biggest thing in my life. He taught me and he straightened me out and he kept me in line. If it hadn't been for him standing behind me and pushing me and driving me, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
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The possible ranks higher than the actual.
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Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.
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I've gone through hell and back.
