Lesley Gore Quotes
The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the piano player and I went into a studio... and we put down some demos... Those demos got to Quincy Jones through an agent... He listened to them, he called me, and we started to record.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It's a sport that's more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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I'm easily entertained.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing.
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You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
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I'm a believer in paying your dues.
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We have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing with a mental health problem.
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The truth is, there are many types of businesses that require thousands of dollars to be invested during the startup period. However, there are also many different types of business models that you can run from the comfort of your own home without having to reach too deep into your wallet.
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I worked in a gym. I was a trainer. I did all the crappy ex-football-player jobs.
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Justice-seekers everywhere will celebrate Dunbar-Ortiz's unflinching commitment to truth-a truth that places settler-colonialism and genocide exactly where they belong: as foundational to the existence of the United States.
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I feel very bad about getting things wrong.
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The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the piano player and I went into a studio... and we put down some demos... Those demos got to Quincy Jones through an agent... He listened to them, he called me, and we started to record.
