Daniel Schorr Quotes
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
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The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
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I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
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To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.
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My sister would say I'm a feeder because I like cooking for people.
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The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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All beginnings are involuntary.
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'A man like that thinks that fear can win loyalty.''Plenty of masters with a lash who can testify it works.''Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.'
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.
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The only thing that kept the Cold War cold was the mutual deterrence afforded by nuclear weapons.
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I'm all about a big lash. I love a good mascara. I use Tom Ford lipsticks. I think he has the most vibrant colours, especially pink or orange or vampish reds, and that's about it.
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I was raised with "Laurel and Hardy" and "I Love Lucy" and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.
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Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.
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Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made.
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I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.
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Many successful people get up before 6am in the morning. They have rituals. They exercise, stretch, organize their day, and walk through that series of rituals.
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Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.
