Phil Ramone Quotes
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.
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T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.
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I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.
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Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.
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Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.
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At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.
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I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.
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Before finding a mentor, I feel it's essential to really find your own calling and passion. From my experience, this will become a guiding bond in this kind of relationship. Be curious and engaged - and push yourself actively. Be as good as you can at what you love to do, and you will certainly get a mentor's attention.
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Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.
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My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.
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Tina Fey is my mentor, whether she likes it or not.
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Discourse is fleeting, but junk mail is forever.
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Knowing how to tactfully criticize someone's work is a mentor's job.
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I hate elevators. I'm claustrophobic so for me to be in an elevator or small spaces is probably the worst thing on earth.
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Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law.
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I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I literally waste my time on a song that doesn't hold up to the same standards as the other songs on the album? I won't play it live.
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Attractions are proportional to destinies.
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I'm always thinking about what a black lady would think about what I'm doing, just because I feel like they have such great taste, mostly because as black women, we've spent a lot of time downloading what a white male narrative is, so in my head, I'm like, 'If a black woman likes it, if she responds to it, then it's probably pretty damn great.'
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You can only mentor somebody if they want to be.
