Johnny Carson Quotes
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I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.
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Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States.
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If I keep God first in my life, if I keep my family and friends as second, and then I keep my occupation third, that's when I've found success.
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However, Hoover had converted the simple business ritual of reassurance into a major instrument of public policy.
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As chefs, a lot of the times we lose sight of the fact that we are in the food business and that it needs to make money to survive.
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The gallantry of an English peasant rarely expands into words.
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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.
