Tyne Daly Quotes
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
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When I did 'Grease,' I took good care of myself. I treated it like a job. I approached it very professionally because I wanted to make a good reputation and hopefully continue on in the Broadway community and continue to do shows.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.
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You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
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One shouldn't gamble with what is irreplaceable and precious.
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I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can't smoke in front of kids – he's the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can.
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I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.
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I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.
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A guy said to me, 'You're so lucky. You have people like Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and The Beatles doing your songs.' I figured out, though, the harder I work the luckier I get. The secret of anything is to surround yourself with good people if you want a good product.
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I don't want to change the way I write my songs, I like the way I write my songs, so I keep 'em the same. I'd like to write more country songs, but other than that, I'm pretty good where I am.
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A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.
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Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.
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Sweat makes good friendship cement.
