P. T. Barnum Quotes
I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for little money, and make my shows worthy the support of the moral and refined classes.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.
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I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it.
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And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.
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I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.
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People say 'what do you mean' when you talk about 'bringing down civilization.' What I really mean is depriving the rich of the ability to steal from the poor and depriving the powerful of the ability to destroy the planet. That's what I really mean.
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I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for little money, and make my shows worthy the support of the moral and refined classes.
