Nat King Cole Quotes
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.
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When I was about 7, I fancied Anna Chlumsky; the girl from 'My Girl.'
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To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
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When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.
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People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
