Bill Conti Quotes
Making a living is not a career. It might be for an accountant, but it's not for someone who says "I want one thing." The guy who feels that his career hasn't happened yet. The guy who has that kind of hunger, who wants money and fame.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
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Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.
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Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.
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A lot of film stars are just playing themselves in different frocks.
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No one reads my books until they're finished because I don't want feedback. It confuses me, and it changes things; if I get too much feedback, I get thrown off my path.
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Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
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How you niggas want it? have it yo way burger king.
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Come and look for Peterkin, poor little Peterkin. No one would believe us if we told them what we know, Or they wouldn't grieve for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin...
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Art Deco for me except in its most crazed and attenuated forms, it's jut a matter of taste.
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My earliest memories are doing commercials and TV.
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In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows.
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Those unknown heroes whose whitened bones have been piously gathered here, and whose green graves we now strew with sweet and beautiful flowers, choice emblems alike of pure hearts and brave spirits, reached, in their glorious career that last highest point of nobleness beyond which human power cannot go. They died for their country.
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We must insist on assimilation - immigration without assimilation is an invasion. We need to tell folks who want to come here, they need to come here legally. They need to learn English, adopt our values, roll up their sleeves and get to work.
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Making a living is not a career. It might be for an accountant, but it's not for someone who says "I want one thing." The guy who feels that his career hasn't happened yet. The guy who has that kind of hunger, who wants money and fame.
