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 was all balance. But then, she already knew that from surfing.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington's failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country.
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The supreme style of love is unknown love. If the affection is known by the beloved, that love is snob. If you sacrifice your life for the beloved, and she recognises your love after you die, your soul would be appraised.
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When a whole system is composed of a numbers of subsystems, the one that tends to dominate is the least stable.
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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.
