Burleigh Grimes Quotes
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I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn't exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive.
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Whenever you can manoeuvre your characters into a situation where they both have a good argument to make, you're on the right track.
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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
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Music leaves such a big impression. I always wondered, 'Man, if I grew up in Nashville, would I be making Country records now?' I honestly feel like Chicago had such a big impact on me.
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You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.
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I'm not truly embarrassed that, you know, President Bush is from my state, that's not really what I care about, ... Primetime Thursday.
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I may have got (Paul) Waner out, but I never fooled him.
