Albert Hammond, Jr. Quotes

I'll write lines or words in a notepad. You work on little things and little parts; sometimes they turn into bigger songs.

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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.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Drama
  • Artists
  • Dramatic

• What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Political
  • Politics
  • Equal

• Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.

  

  Irving Ravetch
  • Law
  • Sometimes
  • Try

• I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.

  

  Florence Griffith Joyner
  • Trying
  • Running
  • Body

• I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.

  

  Daniel Cudmore
  • Mind
  • Want
  • Cool

• You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Life
  • You
  • Police

• Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Book
  • Voice
  • Identity

• I want to have an impact on my son.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Want
  • Son
  • Impact

• I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Bad
  • Light
  • Change

• I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Success
  • Reason
  • Successful

• There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

  

  Abraham Benrubi
  • Character
  • Me
  • Always

• I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up with a great collection of good morals and good values, but we also had fun. We'd go to church on Sunday, but then have ice cream, roller skate or play in the park afterwards.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • Time
  • She
  • Parents

• If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Work
  • Great
  • Knowledge

• Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.

  

  Yael Naim
  • Music
  • Help
  • Today

• We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.

  

  Nan Hayworth
  • Work
  • President
  • Will

• There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Life
  • World
  • My Life

• Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Great
  • Love
  • Today

• It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.

  

  Christopher Meloni
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.

  

  Kat Edmonson
  • World
  • Want
  • I Can

• You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

  

  Beatrice Wood
  • Know
  • Acting
  • Yourself

• Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.

  

  Dorothy Leigh Sayers
  • Believe
  • May
  • Age

• Creating jobs for your country's workers is about much more than ensuring that the balance sheets of your country's companies are strong, or stimulating domestic demand. It is about figuring out how your country's workers fit into the global economy.

  

  Chrystia Freeland
  • Country
  • Strong
  • Balance

• I'll write lines or words in a notepad. You work on little things and little parts; sometimes they turn into bigger songs.

  

  Albert Hammond, Jr.
  • Work
  • Words