Louis Armstrong Quotes
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I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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I think golf is literally an addiction. I'm surprised there's not Golf Anonymous.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
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Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.
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I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
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Your history doesn't need to dictate your destiny
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Of course I know our economic growth can't match our population growth so of course I know we'll all get poorer until we get that number down - don't tell me, tell the other idiots!
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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
