Wendell Pierce Quotes
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.Wendell Pierce
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
J. C. Chandor -
I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
Fatima Sana Shaikh -
You think about taking audiences on a journey.
Sam Mendes -
As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
Victoria Principal -
I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
Natascha McElhone -
When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
Sally Rand
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Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
Aaron Carter -
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai -
In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
Jack Adams -
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Otto von Bismarck -
I always drive like a madman.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
W. D. Richter
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
Val Kilmer -
Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
Kate Forsyth -
I've had to be tough my whole life.
Karen Handel -
I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
Adam Jones -
My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
Kate Winslet -
You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
Dan Jenkins
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Of how much real happiness we cheat our souls by preferring a trifle to God! We have a general intention of living religion; but we intend to begin tomorrow or next year. The present moment we prefer giving to the world.
Adoniram Judson -
There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.
David Harvey -
I'm old-school. I like action, but I want to see somebody fall in love. I want to see that life stuff.
Ernie Hudson -
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art.
Carlo Ponti -
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
Wendell Pierce