James Victor Scott (Jimmy Scott) Quotes
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
Zack Snyder -
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
Carla Bley -
I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
Lance Reddick -
Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
Gary Wolf -
I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
Imelda May -
I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
Adam Carolla
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
Rachael Harris -
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
Natalie Imbruglia -
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick -
Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
Sam Smith -
A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
Van Morrison -
Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
Pat Brown
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony -
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
Samuel Adams -
Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
Tabitha King -
This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
Ian Hislop -
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West -
Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
Gautam Adani
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
But, what we need to get out of the first EVA is to have the arm completely unfolded and powered so that they can keep the temperature under control. That will really the call of the first EVA.
Umberto Guidoni -
Rapid innovation is the cure for the ills we face, but because innovation is difficult and susceptible to failure, we might need to rethink the way we approach innovation and how we drive it through our companies.
Richard Owen -
It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.
Meghan O'Rourke -
The artist's business requires his involvement in practically everything. He works in reference, not to a section of the world, but to the whole world.
Hans Haacke -
I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.
James Victor Scott