Mel Torme Quotes
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'
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When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my career, since he'd been on the national stage at least, I've had - I've always respected the president.
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You can sustain visual beauty and innovative visual ideas for a certain length of time, but in a two-hour experience, which is really what movies are, usually audiences - whether they know it or not - most want an emotional connection to character.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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Only that position can impart dignity in which we do not appear as servile tools but rather create independently within our circle.
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me...and still is.
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I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
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I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.
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Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.
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As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.
