Esther Williams Quotes
I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.
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A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.
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If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.
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Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.
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That's usually how I get to know strangers - get inappropriately touchy. Once they've experienced the awkwardness of you being way too close for comfort, after that, it all gets easy.
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Nothing means more to me than racing for my country, the Queen, the Royal Family, and the people back home that support me.
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People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit.
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It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.
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I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for?
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I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.
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God bless pop music and God bless MTV.
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πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἐχῖνος δ'ἓν μέγα
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In my new IFC comedy game show, 'Bunk,' we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer - giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc.
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When I first started out in this business, it was easy because nobody wanted anything from me. But now everyone wants something from me, so it's hard to break away and just be a songwriter.
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The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
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Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.
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He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.
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I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.
