Nellie McKay Quotes
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
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L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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I know I've got to just keep throwing the ball. That's what I do best.
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Earning a certificate or degree, or both, after high school opens the door to countless economic opportunities.
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I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.
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I think there's no question that vaccines have been absolutely critical in ridding us of the scourge of many diseases - smallpox, polio, etc. So vaccines are an invaluable medication. Like any medication, they also should be - what shall we say? - approved by a regulatory board that people can trust.
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In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.
