Lesley Gore Quotes
You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.

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Accomplish something every day of your life.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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I've been supporting Help for Heroes for many years - I actually rode in their first-ever official fundraiser back in 2008. I have witnessed the great work that Help for Heroes do to support those who have suffered life-changing injuries and illnesses, and I want to do all I can to help raise as much as possible.
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I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on there.
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No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
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I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world.
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When my inner mood is positive, I also feel great on the outside.
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You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.