Jerome Kern Quotes
Musical numbers should carry the action of the play and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.
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It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job.
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My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.
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If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be human, look at Jesus. If you want to know what love is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what grief is, look at Jesus. And go on looking until you’re not just a spectator, but you’re actually part of the drama which has him as the central character.
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Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.
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Musical numbers should carry the action of the play and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them.
