Stanley Robert Vinton (Bobby Vinton) Quotes
Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.
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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
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What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back up' mentality.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.
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The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
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There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison...
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I hope that people know me well enough and realise that I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I never have. I think most people who have dealt with me think I am a pretty straight sort of a guy.
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There are foods you should avoid. For me, sugar is a no. Because it gives me a spike and then a crash.
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Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.
