Billy Eckstine Quotes
I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.

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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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We just here to do our job.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I spend half my time in Montana, the other half in New York City. In unique ways, both places help me unwind, and both are the most satisfying places to live I can imagine.
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You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.
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I would rather make feature movies because, let's face it, you take more time. You take seven days to do a show, and you take three or four months to do a movie.
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With families, your priorities shift. You're not going to be like, 'Let's go out on tour year-round.' I have kids in school. You have to lay things out.
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The key is to master a few simple ways to exercise that will burn the most calories in the least time. And you also need to figure out how can you eat more of the good stuff and less of the bad stuff without feeling deprived so your diet regimen feels manageable.
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I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.