Ann Beattie Quotes
I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinsel town would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn't be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes.
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Everyone is now praying at the altar of every last dollar of profits to please shareholders. If you invest in your people and treat them well, it's a different way to increase profits.
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Maybe Simon Cowell for his effect on music. I call him Slimy Cowpat.
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I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
