Ethel Merman Quotes
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A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.
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The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
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About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.
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You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.
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Obviously, I don't like to use my new celebrity status as a way to get first class service at a restaurant. For me, it's just more special to use it for good.
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I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy.
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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.
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If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.
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I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death.
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I'm not a chef. I haven't created any new technique in the kitchen. I'm not a rocket scientist. I think I'm good at writing accessible, fun, and affordable meals for the average American family. That's what I think I'm good at.
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We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of this battle by beginning to think differently about the way that we eat and the way that we approach food.
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Four times a year, Warner Bros. Records send out their little statements, and they're like eight pages with all the countries from all over the world, and I end up getting a check for $48. But I think, obviously, the Ramones make some good money, because they must get a writer's share from the Rock 'N' Roll High School.
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We went to a very liberal Episcopalian church. It didn't take for me.
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As the popularity of science-fiction increases, so inevitably does the volume of clownish imprecation against it.
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Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
