Don Ameche Quotes
By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did whatever I could. Mainly television. Some Broadway. A lot of dinner theater work, which is not a very satisfactory medium.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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Those who go along get along.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.'
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.
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So I think all gays who are born gay are overwhelming conservative, maybe apolitical, and all those angry gays, causing trouble for everybody, I don't think they were born gay. I think they are just angry at their fathers.
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Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained.
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I gotta new strategy it's called no strategy. And I gotta way to sell more music its called make better music.
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My goal keeps me alive, and no personal issue is going to interfere with that. If people try to put me in the crazy box–'crazy fucking Courtney'–go ahead. But if you think you’re going to stop me from where I’m going, you’re not going to do it. I work my ass off. I deliver the goddamn goods. And I will deliver them again.
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By 1949, there was no more work for me out there, and I went to New York in 1950 and just did whatever I could. Mainly television. Some Broadway. A lot of dinner theater work, which is not a very satisfactory medium.
