Billy Joel Quotes
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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I'm a good driver.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.
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My father is best known for his light comedies, and I'm best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers.
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I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
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Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.
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I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday.
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As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.
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I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
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I've always considered myself a character actor.
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
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I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'd already been banned from a couple churches for my jokes. So one day I woke up and decided it was time to start living for myself.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.
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There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.
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Kids today don't want to get married. Too many of their friends have been married and divorced already. They just don't believe in it.
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When I was a kid, there was nothing better than water balloon fights. I grew up in Brooklyn: we had the fire hydrants, and we would open up a soda can at both ends and squirt people walking by. I love the kinds of things that encourage you to let your guard down, be open and vulnerable, and just to be laughing sincerely.
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The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
