Robert Palmer Quotes
I make up cassettes all the time - to take on the road with me - a song from this album, a song from that album. That's the way I listen to music; it's like one of those K Tel things: it's from all over. I listen to Fred Astaire, I listen to African folk music, I listen to Talking Heads.
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Broadway is really my life.
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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God does arithmetic.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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I love playing odd roles.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.
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The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like their voice matters, so for me to be a spokesman and have that honor to educate America about who we are and what we are, it's like I'm doing my job.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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I received a phone call; my agent got a phone call from Ryan Murphy saying he wanted to talk to me... And he basically outlined 'American Horror Story' for me and said that there's a character named Larry the Burn Guy, and I'd like you to play it.
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The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.
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Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.
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Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself.
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When you're a plus-sized girl, belts are your best friends. I also love bright colors and skirts, to show my pretty knees.
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I make up cassettes all the time - to take on the road with me - a song from this album, a song from that album. That's the way I listen to music; it's like one of those K Tel things: it's from all over. I listen to Fred Astaire, I listen to African folk music, I listen to Talking Heads.
