Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (Kenny G) Quotes
Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.
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Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
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All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.
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If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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I've got pretty good knowledge about pass rushing. But I know I have a lot to work on.
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I need to work to feel well.
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Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
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The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.
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I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.
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The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.
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I'm one of the lucky few who never had to face the whole 'Oh, you've had a baby, and now work will have to suffer' bit. It just wasn't a big deal when I got married and had a baby.
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When I lived in London, I worked three jobs and had such long work days.
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I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from school. So I'd just turn on the TV. I grew up watching old Clint Eastwood westerns. I adopted him as one of my male role models.
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I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.
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Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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Everybody asks, 'What does 'Humans of New York' mean?' and I always say that I try to avoid putting any kind of message in the work even if it is a positive or optimistic message. The moment you do that, you're looking for certain people and words that fit into the world view you are trying to show, and it becomes preachy.
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I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.
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I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.
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For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' or in the 'She Loves Me' broadcast, I try to imagine that I am just singing to each individual. It doesn't change my energy other than being perhaps a bit more nervous. I try to sing to each person and right into their individual heart.
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I think that finding a way into somebody's life that's sort of off from a side angle can tell you more about that person than a greatest hits approach.
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Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.
