Jo Stafford Quotes
I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.
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There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I don't read books.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
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I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That felt good.' And that's how I look at anything I do.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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Everything I experience influences everything I do.
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Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.
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I've conducted my campaign thus far in the true American political tradition: I lied about my intention to run ... I have been consistently vague on all the issues ... Therefore I promise you all, my fellow Americans, that I will continue to make promises that I will be unable to fulfill.
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Secrets of the cosmos will begin to unravel. I, for one, can't wait.
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The less we show our love to a woman,Or please her less, and neglect our duty,The more we trap and ruin her surelyIn the flattering toils of philandery.
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I've always loved dancing. As soon as there is good music, I've got to get up and dance. I was passionate about ballet as a little girl.
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At one point, I quit acting for a little bit to study psycholinguistics - somewhat a more practical career. It just didn't feel right.
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I missed the basic curiosity of being in the lab.
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Mr. Churchill, Mr. Prime Minister, how many divisions did you say that the pope had?
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I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.
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I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.
