Donald O'Connor Quotes
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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Ultimately, all human beings fulfill their patterns. We're set in a certain archetype, and we fulfill that destiny.
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I always take things step by step and match by match.
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Being on a successful television show is a good thing. It's steady work. It's a chance to work with a group of people in an intimate way... where you develop a sort of shorthand with each other, and a trust.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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Of course designers inspired me, but I was more inspired by everyday people. People that I see walking down the street.
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To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.
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I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.
