Billy Joel Quotes
If you want to know what life is like in the Soviet Union, go to your local department of motor vehicles.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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All Democrats are not entitlement people. These are the people who are going to suffer the cost of Obama health care. These are the people who are suffering because there're no jobs.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get an agent when I was 12, but they told me that I had too much of an accent.
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During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk.
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A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.
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I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are "true." And yet in fiction, I think there is a lot of deeper truth, too.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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If you want to know what life is like in the Soviet Union, go to your local department of motor vehicles.
