Judy Collins Quotes

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

Judy Collins

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• I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.

  

  Sally Watson
  • School
  • History
  • Teach

• I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Endless
  • Tire
  • Sequels

• Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
  • Life
  • Important
  • Career

• The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Time
  • Real
  • Day

• As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Peace
  • Security
  • Boundaries

• People that don't know me get 'Mossed'. It means, I was gonna go home, but then I just got led astray. In the best possible way, of course. I mean, it's always fun, and a good time.

  

  Kate Moss
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Good
  • Emotional
  • Enough

• I have to give people time to take a picture, and sign autographs. I have to be generous to people. It is in my heart. Without that, I would not be Manny Pacquiao.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • People
  • Time
  • Heart

• I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • Art
  • Opinion
  • Perfection

• It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • Movie
  • Action
  • Gun

• I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Country
  • Process
  • Strive

• If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'

  

  Idris Elba
  • Why
  • Black
  • Impossible

• I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Time
  • Work
  • God

• The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • People
  • America
  • Food

• You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

  

  Barry Goldwater
  • You
  • Forget
  • Drop

• There are three or four places in the country where people think of fashion: One is L.A., obviously. Another is New York. And I think Atlanta has to be in the top five cities where fashion is very big.

  

  Cam Newton
  • People
  • Country
  • Fashion

• The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high.

  

  Barry Mann
  • Great
  • Thinking
  • Writing

• Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Happen
  • Victim
  • My Own

• If you agree with a critic, you admire him or her. If you disagree, you despise them. We all feel a great need to be confirmed in our opinions.

  

  Ben Brantley
  • Great

• I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

  

  Amy Lee Evanescence
  • Drama
  • Police
  • Queen

• Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Men
  • May
  • Deep

• It seemed that I was more interested in raising my children, not in pursuing my husbands.

  

  Debbie Reynolds
  • Children

• I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

  

  Judy Collins
  • Music
  • Way
  • Timeless