Fred Astaire Quotes
I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.
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It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I am not thinking about life after football, but I know it will be another life, another world.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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My dream is to stand in front of 60,000 people in an arena and know that everyone came because they wanted to make memories with me.
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It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.
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I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.
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If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
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I was, like, a really embarrassing, precocious child.
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I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.
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You can't destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America's elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you're doing us a favor.
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When I devoted myself to poetry - and poetry is a very serious medium - I don't think the people that knew me as an individual with that tongue-in-cheek kind of humor...well, it didn't always lend itself to my poetry. When you're writing poetry, it's like working with gold, you can't waste anything. You have to be very economical with each word you're going to select. But when you're writing fiction, you can just go on and on; you can be more playful. My editor's main task is to cut back, not ask for more.
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Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It is evident that the Constitutional Convention thought that it was important that this process should be placed under the exclusive control of the Federal Government and not of the States.
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Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
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You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.
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A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.
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I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
