Eliza Doolittle Quotes
The Beatles and Ray Charles were in the same charts together, and that was just called pop music - it wasn't called soul or rock. The best pop music just stands out as something that's just original, and I think it should all be called pop again.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.
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I'm a second-degree black belt.
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There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.
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At the end of the day, you release music because you believe in the songs and believe that they're honest. That's all you can really hope for.
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The Beatles and Ray Charles were in the same charts together, and that was just called pop music - it wasn't called soul or rock. The best pop music just stands out as something that's just original, and I think it should all be called pop again.
