Stanley Robert Vinton (Bobby Vinton) Quotes
Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
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I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.
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Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often sit there, thinking, 'I love this, but I wouldn't put my daughter on the stage.'
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
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I did get in a few fights in school. Kids threw around anti-Semitic slurs, not knowing necessarily what they meant. It was probably just something they picked up somewhere, as kids do.
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I don't drink. I don't do drugs.
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I love young people. I identify with them. It never was a goal of mine to grow up.
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I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.
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Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.
