Jo Stafford Quotes
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
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Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
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One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany.
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What is important is how much service you can give the world and how much you can get done and how much better you can make things.
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The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.
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The world is a pile of grunge.