Barbara Cook Quotes
On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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L'homme enfin n'est pas entièrement coupable - il n'a pas commencé l'histoire - ni tout à fait innocent, puisqu'il la continue.
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Records are very powerful promotional tools to go out and be able to play on the road, but you do have to think about it as a way of sustaining itself at some point.
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I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just don't have that much time on my hands. I don't have the gift of going back to being a child and having my brain develop around this instrument.
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I think it's really important to create spiritual revolutionaries.
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My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.
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On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.
