Bill Vaughan Quotes
Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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I go to Australia probably once every two years. It's wide-open spaces there, so I just rent a motorcycle and ride out to the middle of the continent. For hours, you don't see anybody.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.
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The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.
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Being sexy is all about attitude, not body type. It's a state of mind.
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Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so singular and surprising in those days that I necessarily stood out. In 1963, and for the first several years of my working life, my situation was certainly unique.
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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
