Maury Yeston Quotes
The extraordinary thing about Irving Berlin is that he's like the American Mozart! It seems as if his songs were always there. How do you put together songs like 'Always' or 'Cheek To Cheek'? Songs of his are, frankly, perfect.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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We're a nation of immigrants.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.
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I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.
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These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
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One of the great advantages of the study of old Norse or Icelandic literature is the insight given by it into the origin of world-wide superstitions. Norse tradition is transparent as glacier ice, and its origin is as unmistakable.
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I feel more like an American citizen now than I ever had, and it's artistically fulfilling.
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As long as you identify with the universe - which is perfect and can correct material conditions to bring them back into alignment with that Divine perfection - as long as that is where your mind is aligned, it's as though there were two parallel universes. You decide with every thought you think which one you're going to inhabit. Two parallel universes of experience, as it were.
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The extraordinary thing about Irving Berlin is that he's like the American Mozart! It seems as if his songs were always there. How do you put together songs like 'Always' or 'Cheek To Cheek'? Songs of his are, frankly, perfect.
