Billy Strayhorn Quotes
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I am proud of what I've done.
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.
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I got my degree in culinary arts in 1978.
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I was a science fiction geek. That lets you know that they come in all sizes and styles, right?
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When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as I did. But after learning a few songs of other people's to play on the guitar, I got bored with that and just started writing songs on my own, and that's kinda how it came about.
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A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
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I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.
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Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
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At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles.
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I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
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I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!
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You never toot your own horn.
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Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
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Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.
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What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.
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So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree.
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If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.
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I feel like now fashion is just part of how I think about everything. When I send out a mood board to our contributors every month about our monthly theme, there are photos from our fashion shows, but there are also film stills and album art.
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Obviously, getting a number in the charts is a nice thing but the cherry on the cake rather than the main cake.
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She said she knew she was able to fly because when she came down she always had dust on her fingers from touching the light bulbs.
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You're in a mess, and in excess.
