Sylvia (Sylvia Robinson) Quotes
As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All of a sudden, something said to me, 'Put something like that on a record, and it will be the biggest thing.' I didn't even know you called it rap.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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Don't monitor your online savings account in real time.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
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When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.
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When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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I love the '60s - that's my comfort zone as far as dressing goes.
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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Really, the golden egg of doing a series is that you cross that very stupid bridge that says 'Name Actors Only' in casting sessions. All of a sudden, you become a name actor; it gives you marquee value. That's all that a series does.
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Don't get married to the idea of something having to be one way.
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I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.
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Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country.
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The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.
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No more dancing with any male but me. No more time to learn who you are before you have to hold that personality against mine. No more freedom to explore your sensuality before I own it.
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You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.
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As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All of a sudden, something said to me, 'Put something like that on a record, and it will be the biggest thing.' I didn't even know you called it rap.
