Amy Ruley Quotes
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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Oh my gosh, if I could be on '30 Rock', my life would be made. That is my favorite show. My absolute favorite show.
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The presidency made John Adams an old man long before there was television. As early as the nation's first contested presidential election, with Adams and Jefferson running to succeed Washington, you had a brutal, ugly, vicious campaign that was divisive and as partisan as anything we're experiencing today.
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I love to watch old movies when I get time off.
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
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Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.
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Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really.
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I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.
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Art consists in making others feel what we feel.
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Men in the mass never brook the destructive discussion of their fundamental beliefs, and that impatience is naturally most evident in those societies in which men in the mass are most influential. Democracy and free speech are not facets of one gem; democracy and free speech are eternal enemies.
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I really wasn't even aware that Batman and Superman had this kind of grudging friendship.
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Some days, for some reason, I can't go anywhere, and I'm like, 'That was a mistake,' and other days no one will even notice me.
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That's one of the problems with this country: they put you in a box. You're a Republican, you're a Democrat, you're conservative, you're liberal. And that's really unfair.
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I was very political when JFK ran.
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I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.
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Around eight or nine years back, I participated in 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.' The point of coming on the show was that a person coming from music family can also compete with people from all over India.
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I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space.
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I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.
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If you start trying to figure out yourself from the image everyone has of you, you run into a dead end.
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My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.
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I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things.
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I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.
