Jane Horrocks Quotes
I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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The devil made me do it.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Nobody really knows for sure who the Blue Blazer is, but like I said in my interview, there's a little bit of the Blue Blazer in each and every one of us.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
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I'm still always surprised that anyone might be interested in my work or me.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, they still are destroying people's lives.
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I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love the buzz of a new hotel room. It never quite loses its thing.
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In 'The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow,' part of the 'Dear America' series, I took my childhood bravery and stubbornness and put that at the core of the Navajo girl, Sarah Nita. It helped me to identify with her survival and to write about her courageous journey and that of her people.
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I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked.
