Mahalia Jackson Quotes
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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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.
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I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people who work for you would say, 'Wow, I didn't know I could do that until I started working with that guy.'
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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My hip-hop fans are a little spoiled - they want a particular level of lyricism and energy that I'm known for. When they don't get that, it takes a little time for them to open up to it. But electronic fans are as free as the music. On social media, they were so excited and loud; they're in awe.
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To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.
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'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
