Karen Salmansohn Quotes
The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.
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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.
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Whether conservative or liberal, fundamentalist or agnostic, the more students learn of biology, the more they accept evolution.
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Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'
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Tech companies tend to do tech best.
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You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
