Enid Bagnold Quotes
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.
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My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.
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When I was 8 years old, my brother was making the noises of the animals I was eating, so I decided to go vegetarian. Then I would give up because I was 8.
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I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it’s there. It’s mapped out for me.
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I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.
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Judges don't age; time decorates them.
