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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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Shameless self-publicity works, of course: living your life as a soap opera.
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I started to perform when I was 12... I don't talk too much. I let the music do the talking.
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The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.
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Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, deployed effectively, they have the power to change the very fabric of our civilisation.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
