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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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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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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Freddie Aguilar, who's billed as 'the Bob Dylan of the Philippines.' This is unfair, since he's good-looking, plays the guitar well, can carry a tune, and writes songs that make sense.
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But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight -Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.
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I feed off variety. I don't want to repeat myself if I can help it, but once they've seen you doing one thing, directors often just want you to do it again.
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I started 'American Born Chinese' as a mini-comic. I would write and draw a chapter, photocopy a hundred or so copies at the corner photocopy store, and then try to sell them on consignment through local comics shops. If I could sell maybe half a dozen, I'd be doing okay.
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You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.
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Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
