Lesley Garrett Quotes
Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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Athletes, like everyone else, at times take supplements but just have to consult your doctors and work on that. It's a process, but it's achievable... It's my job to be healthy.
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
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As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.
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The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.
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My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
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I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.
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I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.
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The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star.
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We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit.
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Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
