Brenda Russell Quotes
I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
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What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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If you listen to a Deadmau5 record or a Skrillex record, I really enjoy that stuff because, as aggressive sounding as the Skrillex records are, they're still musical, and that's why they have such a broad appeal.
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If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
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Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?
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I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
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I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.
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Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.
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For the life of me, I still don't understand why humans pray.
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Why can't I just eat my waffle?
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As with the subjects in all of my films, the incentive is left to the subject to determine on their own. I never ask someone why they say yes to me. After all, if you invited someone to join you for dinner, and they accepted your invitation, your next question wouldn't be, 'Why are you saying yes?'
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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The importation of gold and silver is not the principal, much less the sole benefit which a nation derives from its foreign trade.
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It was a little skirmish across a century.
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Perplext no more with Human or Divine, To-morrow's tangle to the winds resign, And lose your fingers in the tresses of The Cypress - slender Minister of Wine.
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Poets know their own poems in a way and to a depth that is unique.. even if they mumble a bit ..their delivery will still have important things to tell us.
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Look at the way things are now. Just a set of crab in barrel and all of a sudden one crab just appear with a jacket and tie and telling everybody that he is not a crab any more. Ridiculous little place with ridiculous little people.
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I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.
