Jimmy Rushing Quotes
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.
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You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.
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I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.
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My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.
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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
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I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
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I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.
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The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
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I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.
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If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.
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The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
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Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.
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I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.
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You can be more creative when you're not feeling like a slave. When you're on a record label, they have you like that.
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I met Edward Teller. Everything he believed in and stood for was antithetical to what I believed in and stood for. I like running into that in life. I like extreme points of view, a level of commitment - and I certainly love mastery.
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I've actually been compared to every female singer going from Britney, Christina, Mariah, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, everyone. And they are so different, so I think it's cool that people see me as so many different artistes but I think I'm a little different, yeah.
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Nothing scares a straight man more than a woman in her full glory.
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The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
