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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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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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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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 don't care about winning an MVP - the MVP doesn't mean you're the best player in the league.
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My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
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You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
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One of the things I've realized in my decades on this planet is that the world goes on no matter what, and if we are to survive with any amount of grace we all need little oases of tranquility and sanity in our lives. For me, an evening of wine in good company is just such a place.
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If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.
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If you're putting somebody down, you're doing it because you're just seeing a part of yourself that you don't like. That's all that is.
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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.
