Willie Pep Quotes
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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Background scores allow me an absolute flight of the imagination, and I travel in my mind's eye. I do not like the scores to have vocal notes, because they act as a limitation to these flights of fancy.
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What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts.
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I'm terrifically absentminded.
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I have a Bolex, Aaton, Arriflex, Eyemo, Filmo, Mitchell, Photosonic, Beaulieu, Keystone - just about every movie camera you can think of.
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I have always admired the innovation and impact Apple products and services have on people's lives and hope in some small way I can help contribute to the company's continued success and leadership in changing the world.
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I would say I've done everything I wanted to.
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The actors I admired were Bogart, Cagney, Cooper, Tracy. Great personalities. Real stars.
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Sleep is a key part of the requirements for resilience and good decision-making.
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My parents always told me if I believed something was wrong, I should try to fix it.
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I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.'
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I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.
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Children teach you so much. You take another look at life when you have a child. Everything is new again for you. They ground you.
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People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?"
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I'm very fortunate. I loved school and, when I went there, race, gangs and violence were not issues. There was a feeling, gone now, that you had to be presentable. If you hadn't combed your hair, older black ladies - complete strangers - would come up to you in the street and pull out a comb and straighten your tie.
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You can't win 'til you're not afraid to lose
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We all lose someone at some point in our lives, But don't ever let go of that smile. Hold on forever, Because that's our final dedication.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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First your legs go. Then you lose your reflexes. Then you lose your friends
