Nat King Cole Quotes
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
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The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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My wife is the sweetest, most even-keeled person ever. A mood swing to her is like, 'Oh, I'm uncomfortable.'
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It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off.
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I don't keep up on a lot of the business trends.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
