Betty Wright (Bessie Regina Norris) Quotes
I believe in legacy. And I believe in making the radio sound better. If I gotta listen to it, I want it to sound good.
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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I love to walk around New York. Honestly, that's like the best thing, to walk over to Park Slope and go visit my friend Betty and take her dog out in the park or go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. I really dig being outside and getting to see everybody in the street.
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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
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The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.
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I'm always trying to make myself laugh. I'm the most enthusiastic audience I'm likely to find, so if it doesn't make me smile then it probably won't work on you. The jokes that only make me shrug get cut.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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I believe in legacy. And I believe in making the radio sound better. If I gotta listen to it, I want it to sound good.
