Gary Burton Quotes
It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays.
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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The biggest challenge we all face is to learn about ourselves and to understand our strengths and weaknesses. We need to utilize our strengths, but not so much that we don't work on our weaknesses.
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I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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Even if it happened in real life - and oftentimes, especially if it happened in real life - it might not work in fiction.
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The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.
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Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.
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I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.
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I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a kids' movie, which is actually quite a good test because you haven't got the overt threat of a knife in the face.
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When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.
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Success come to those who become success conscious.
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I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.
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It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before.
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
