James Victor Scott (Jimmy Scott) Quotes
I decided to sing again after settling in Newark in 1982. I had a burning desire to sing and lots of encouragement from my new wife, Earlene.
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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I think I need security.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.
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I owe everything to France.
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life.
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The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.
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The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult so I had six months working with a dialect coach and it's become a habit.
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To fight is to face death once more, perhaps the total annihilation of their kind. But to run... is that not also a kind of annihilation?
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I decided to sing again after settling in Newark in 1982. I had a burning desire to sing and lots of encouragement from my new wife, Earlene.
