Wayne Newton Quotes
One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
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Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
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I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.
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I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
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My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
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A lot of the reason my look is the way it is, is because it's really easy to put on a sundress every night if I have to perform - or just wear jeans every day and a flannel or something.
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I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.
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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.
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I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained.
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It's not like what I do or what I wear is my copyright. What I'm wearing now also is an inspiration. It is how I saw it on the mannequin, and I just wore it, so it's in a way copied. But obviously, I wouldn't want to spend my life thinking about dresses. It is such a waste of life.
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You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.
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In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust.
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In 2012, the city of Austin erected an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Willie Nelson in the heart of the business district. Schoolchildren, churchgoers, tourists, slackers, conventioneers, tech geeks - everybody, it seems - now congregate around this ponytailed shrine to outlaw country.
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I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.
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One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
