Allan Sherman Quotes

A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.

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• The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.

  

  Jack Vance
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  • Writing
  • Pretty

• My hair is not really white; it's kind of grayish, and I don't like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
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  • Color

• The percentage of actors employed is pretty small, and if you're lucky enough to have a good run at it, you do have a sense of responsibility.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
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  • Pretty
  • Small

• What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.

  

  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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  • True
  • Singing

• Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.

  

  Saint Basil
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  • Evil
  • Teach

• Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.

  

  Jack Adams
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  • Japanese
  • Group

• Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

  

  Saint Ignatius
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  • God
  • Men

• Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • World
  • Good
  • Hearing

• My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used to go to drama classes when I was younger, and she would always take me. But when I got to an age when I decided it was what I wanted to do, when she accepted it, she had actually been the most supportive person ever.

  

  Iain De Caestecker
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  • School
  • She

• I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.

  

  Becky G
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  • Song
  • New

• I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

  

  Laura Benanti
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  • Job
  • Dad

• You have to feel good in what you're wearing; if you don't feel good it's not going to look good. You ever see someone wear something that's crazy and say, 'That's so crazy!' But they look good in it, because they feel good in it - you can just tell.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Good
  • Crazy
  • Feel Good

• My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.

  

  Dana Perino
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  • Me
  • Dad

• I like PETA as a group for many reasons, but one of the reasons that I admire them is that they say and do the things that other groups won't do.

  

  Maggie Q
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• The fact of the matter is, it's hard to find good movies, period.

  

  Eddie Kaye Thomas
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  • Period
  • Movies

• I am still not a fussy eater, although I do enjoy good food.

  

  Yves Chauvin
  • Food
  • Enjoy
  • Eater

• Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Good
  • Story
  • Director

• I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.

  

  Octavia Spencer
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  • Work
  • Men

• I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
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  • Writing

• I've always thought it's the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age... It's the qualities of their character.

  

  Janet McTeer
  • Character
  • Age
  • Color

• I hate plastic bottles. Just think about it before you buy one. We pay more for a gallon of water than we do for a gallon of gas. I think people will realize that water quality standards in most municipalities are as good or better for the stuff coming out of the tap than bottled water companies. You'll save money and save the environment, too.

  

  Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
  • People
  • Good
  • Money

• Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is the result of time calculation.

  

  Martin Heidegger
  • Time
  • Space
  • Distance

• The great thing about people with intellectual disabilities is that they’re not people who discuss philosophy... What they want is fun and laughter, to do things together and fool around, and laughter is at the heart of community.

  

  Jean Vanier
  • People
  • Great
  • Heart

• A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.

  

  Allan Sherman
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