Andre Previn Quotes
I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me. I fall in love much too quickly and that results in me getting badly hurt. The problem with love is that you lose control and that is a very vulnerable state to be in. I would love to really have a beautiful relationship with somebody, but it never seems to work out. What I would like most of all is to be in a state of blissful love.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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Nothing is more dreadful than a husband who keeps telling you everything he thinks, and always wants to know what you think.
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I have a long love of superhero films, and I'd been saying over and over again to my agents at CAA that I'd like to do one.
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For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages.
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I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.
