Jimmy Breslin Quotes
Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.
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Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it can as quickly as it can. You don't really care so much if the company made a dollar last year; you want to know what it's going to make this year.
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One of the things I do well - I think, anyway - is combining different tones.
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You can't really imagine music without technology.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.
