Ninette de Valois Quotes
Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion for it came from.
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I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in 'The Court Jester' or 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' or James Stewart in 'Winchester '73.' But I also like a lot of modern films.
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Everyone freaks out because my character is the only one who has shorts on the Galactica. Well, that is because I went and grabbed a pair of pants and scissors and cut them off and gave her shorts.
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Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.
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Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful.
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In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.
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I'm a writer, not a genre.
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I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.
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In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
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When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author.
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A generation ago, American war planners made the mistake of believing that short-term Communist sympathies would unite China and Vietnam. We were wrong, and it tragically misshaped our policy in Vietnam.
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Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.
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Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits.
