Les Dawson Quotes

Slumps don't bother me.

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• I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Music
  • Song

• The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.

  

  Larry Brown
  • Important
  • Play
  • Enough

• I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Life
  • Men
  • Political

• I think a person has to just be herself.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • Think
  • Just
  • Just Be

• A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Relationship
  • Conversation

• I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Trying
  • Leader
  • Civil Rights

• I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Myself
  • Sexy
  • Classy

• What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • Children
  • American

• There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Love
  • Opportunity
  • You

• Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.

  

  Nancy Banks Smith
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • Time
  • Year
  • Last Year

• Urban renewal always happens as a symphony of events, and part of the symphony is innovative, optimistic developers with the ability and willingness to transform historic properties.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Always
  • Ability
  • Optimistic

• The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Up
  • May
  • Running

• If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Real
  • Job
  • Serious

• When you like something, you find time to do it.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • Time
  • You
  • Find

• The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • Life
  • Political
  • Me

• People tell me that Hollywood loves new faces, but I don't know. They're probably just being nice.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • People
  • Know
  • Me

• Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Play
  • Games
  • Opportunities

• It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Matter
  • Size
  • Noses

• If I want to be moved by the track, I don't want it to be sequenced, I want it to be somebody playing the guitar or piano or a horn arrangement where you can hear the breath. You can almost smell the studio while listening to the music. For me, that's what moves me emotionally, that's what I came from. I think that's always going to work best for me.

  

  Eric Benet
  • Work
  • Music
  • Guitar

• My furniture, boxes, and turnings are simple, practical designs for everyday use. I love the grain and beauty of wood. Each piece of lumber is a work of art, after all, and I'd like to honor that gift and pass it on for someone else to appreciate.

  

  Steve Miller The Steve Miller Band
  • Work
  • Art
  • Beauty

• Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

  

  Kevin Hart
  • Work

• In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

  

  Carter G. Woodson
  • Giving
  • Education
  • Democracy

• Slumps don't bother me.

  

  Les Dawson