Richard Rodgers Quotes
If somebody wants to sing my songs after I'm gone, nobody will be happier than my dead body.
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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I knew I was going to be somebody.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that?
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I'm somebody who plays the piano... sometimes.
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I thrive on having support around me, even if they are not actively doing something. I feel happier, more confident.
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My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
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I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.
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Why would you give money to somebody whose work you don't understand?
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Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
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We could not be happier.
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I've dried my eyes and I realized I deserve somebody that'll treat me right.
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I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.
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This is bull. Somebody needs to go down.
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I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.
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I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.
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Nothing makes you happier than when you really reach out in mercy to someone who is badly hurt.
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Many people ... prefer to describe themselves as progressives rather than liberals. To some extent that's a response to the decades-long propaganda campaign conducted by movement conservatives, which has been quite successful in making Americans disdain the word liberal but much less successful in reducing support for liberal policies.
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I miss football, but I'm not done. I'm not retired or anything, I just know my worth. Once it's clear that the NFL isn't considering your worth, then you get a better picture of what's really important and what you should put your energy and time into.
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People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.
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If somebody wants to sing my songs after I'm gone, nobody will be happier than my dead body.
