Barbara Cook Quotes
Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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I had long had an instinct about there being a role for me in a creative industry. Maybe I didn't listen to that voice as much earlier on, but when it had become a deafening sound in my head I realised I had to go and explore it.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang-on - it distracts you from getting into the story because you're thinking: 'Where are they from?'
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I'm the blackest villain of all time.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.
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What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
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Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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I don't really care how I sound.
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If each of us can learn to relate to each other more out of compassion, with a sense of connection to each other and a deep recognition of our common humanity, and more important, to teach this to our children, I believe that this can go a long way in reducing many of the conflicts and problems that we see today.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
