Norman Granz Quotes
There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.
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I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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No matter where I travel, I make sure to carry a Vaseline body lotion with me to keep my skin well moisturised all the time.
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I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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I meditate all the time. You know, I don't sleep much - it's a known fact that sleep is required more for the brain than the body because the brain needs sleep to dream. But I dream all the time. I dream when I'm awake, when I create work, with my eyes open. So who needs sleep?
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A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
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Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
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I know where my heart is and I know that I can make people feel something with my music. I'm quite confident in what I am doing, so if I can also make a song that people want to put in ten times during a party and makes them happy, then I think that is also good. I feel that playfulness is something that has entered my life a lot more in the last couple of years. I'm not taking everything too seriously. I think that is something that comes with age - I hope. I feel that music is much more fun for me than it has ever been.
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.
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There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.
