Earle Birney Quotes
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
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My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don't get up to feed the horses, you don't get to ride them.' We'd get up.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
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I felt like the country lays out like a pretty beautiful story itself, heading from the East Coast to West.
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I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.
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Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
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I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that's only amplified as an artist.
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The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.
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Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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The only art her guilt to cover,To hide her shame from every eye,To give repentance to her lover,And wring his bosom, is — to die.
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During slumber's magic reignOther times shall live again;
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When I go to the movies, I like to see something different.
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I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.
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Hamdan Sports Complex is an amazing venue, and I think all the players will love it.
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We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.
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I'm never sloppy, and I never wear jeans. I don't work one look in particular, but it's usually retro - I'm a flea-market freak. And detailed - I'm always very done, even at the gym.
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When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.
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You don't show respect to Frank Sinatra and his great example by trying to sound exactly like him. You show it by sounding exactly like you, and that's the way jazz has always progressed as an art form.
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The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.
