Jimmy Durante Quotes
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I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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Our strategy should be based on indigenisation and import substitution. The government must provide opportunities for domestic companies to participate in sectors in which the country continues to depend on imports.
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People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.
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Everything I do is a reflection of the duality within me. Musically, I really love things that are very synthetic and unnatural. And I also like the organic and human... the intrinsic, I guess.
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I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.
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They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with.
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I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
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There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is unfortunate and hard on everyone who is affected.
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There have been some hard times, people around me supported me.
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I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.
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Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.
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What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.
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I want all of you to know that I intend to beat this disease. And further, I intend to ride again as a professional cyclist.
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That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.
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I hyper-analyze everything; I'm always in my head. Those moments where you don't think and you're just part of the environment did not come easily to me, but it was those moments and highs that I chased.
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People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work.
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Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.
