Billy Joel Quotes
When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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You've got to try to guard, make an effort to defend to the best of your ability. You have to rebound the ball, which was an area that was so critical. And they wanted you to play smart and have fun. I've kind of tried to let our people understand those are the most important things that I could possibly tell them.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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Because knowing where we come from allows us to know who we are. Our past is part of us. We can't outrun our past, no matter how hard we try.
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I have a lot of nieces and nephews. I was always around kids. I was like the family babysitter because I was the only one that wasn't married.
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If I were to generalize a bit, I would say that the ultra rich in Asia live on a scale that far surpasses the wealthy in the U.S. or Europe.
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were I not detained here by age and by the gout which renders me useless, I should go there to enjoy with my own eyes and admire the perfection of such worthy works.. ..I pray look upon all the marvels of your hand.. ..before I close my eyes forever.
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When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
