Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.
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Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.
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I play golf and ride my motorcycle - my Harley - around the hills of California.
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Do not make the writer stand behind a podium. Anything but. A podium reeks of the lecture hall. A music stand, on the other hand, is nicely minimal and lends the writer - who usually needs all the help s/he can get - a musician's second-hand cool-factor.
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When he laces his fingers through mine, my heart does its now familiar panicked flight, bumping painfully against my ribs. My shoulder twitches as if to pull my hand back, but my heart overrules it.
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He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.
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I hand him a lyric and get out of his way.
