Betty Wright (Bessie Regina Norris) Quotes
I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
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I think that's like the age-old psychological core issue for any situation. Anybody who has had an experience with a parent that is absent, it's going to manifest.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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I moved to California when I was twelve and I got a video camera and made little movies because I didn't have any friends yet. I would force my sister to make these movies with me - which became my YouTube channel.
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Vocally, I sound like my mom. I don't think I can help it. That's just my natural voice.
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Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.
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I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
