Irving Layton Quotes
In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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I never was a very good singer.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to quit.
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I got sober, and I got happy again.
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More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.
