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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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 wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
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Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
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You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at first I was hurt. Your songs are like your children. You don't want to hear, 'Your kid is ugly.' But I knew the record was good and it would sell.
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World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.
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Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.
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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.
