Billy Joel Quotes
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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I have a very short attention span.
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The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.
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Everyone wants to learn the same thing from painful situations: how to avoid repeating them.
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'Orange Is the New Black' and 'Sense8' have enjoyed great success all over the world.
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Faith is never identical with piety.
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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
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Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.
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I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
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I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people.
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I still feel that we should act with restraint. It’s much easier not to do than to undo.
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It can be boring to see the same players winning every time.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
