Harry Connick, Jr. Quotes
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.
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We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search. If the 'World Spirit' touches you, do not expect that it will be painless.
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I'm still very aware of the violence in our culture, more so than other people. I know where it comes from when someone is trying to suppress someone else, sometimes they fight back.
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The social revolution has been slow in reaching our country. We have been exempt, not because we had solved the problems, but because we had not yet confronted them.
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The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul erosion produced by high gambling - a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension - becomes unbearable and the senses awake and revolt from it.
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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
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China might seem quite successful in its controls, but it has only raised the water level. It’s like building a dam: it thinks there is more water so it will build higher. But every drop of water is still in there. It doesn’t understand how to let the pressure out. It builds up a way to maintain control and push the problem to the next generation.
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Un magnanimo cor morte non prezza,Presta o tarda che sia, pur che ben muora.
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I give my heart for this sport. I give my leg for this sport. I give my time for my family for this sport.
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The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.
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Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.
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Comedy and politics have a lot in common. Both are great ways to pick up chicks - just look at Governor Spitzer. Or Ellen Degeneres. Both require spending time on the road meeting strangers who often have the desire to throw things at you. Both are difficult, if not impossible, to do all alone. And both rely heavily on personality.
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India and Italy have a lot in common, especially the tradition of luxury.
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I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.
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That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.
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When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.
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My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.
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I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds but cannot keep it up for more than a few minutes. Visual impressions, reflections of hands in lacquered wood, a diligent bald spot over a fiddle, take over, and soon I am bored beyond measure by the motions of the musicians.
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I'm a musician. Anything I've done as an actor has come from that.
