Michael Jackson Quotes
The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.
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In the U.S.A., technical innovations come out of universities and the research produced by Ph.D. students. We don't have that happening in India.
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I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm doing my more intimate songs that are quite personal, I always feel it's a bit accusing if I stare in someone's face when I singing quite a personal lyric.
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World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.
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Every actor has to move in a Terrence Malick film - that's the requirement. If you stop, he'll tell you, 'No, no, keep moving.' You can't be static. It's a choreography.
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It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.
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The men were all scumbags, but the whole point of the film is to show the development of that. Each guy is going in there to have a good time. By and large, these men are career men, family men, and you just see the deterioration of them.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!
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Shirley Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name.
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Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.
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I shake hands on the first date.
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Rather than spend so much time wondering if I'm going to get hired, or is it a problem that I've got this black-tar history, I've just got to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be decent.
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I filled the margins of my schoolbooks with lyrics.
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We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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There's a lot more to being a singer than singing. I don't come off stage thinking that I have a power over people 'cause I don't - it's not a power, it's an ability to be able to communicate with a vast amount of people, something I'm very lucky to be able to do.
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The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.
