Billy Joel Quotes
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.
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I am just trying to be a good, protective mother. I want to give Bertie as normal a childhood as possible while preserving his privacy.
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I wasn't paraded around for sale at all. My mother wasn't into that.
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When I was a young girl, I wasn't always trying to have curly hair.
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The result, the Walker Colt, was one of the most effective and deadly pieces of technology ever devised, one that would soon kill more men in combat than any sidearm since the Roman short sword.
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The next time you're driving from New York to Boston on I-95, you should make a little detour in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to visit the Old Slater Mill national historic landmark. It's the site of what is considered to be the first successful water-powered textile spinning mill in America.
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Back in eighth grade, I'd seen nothing but small-town Georgia when I left the U.S. for the first time and went to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
