Kate Smith Quotes
There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.
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The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
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I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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I have fabulous children.
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But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations.
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When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don't have any nails to manicure, and it takes me 30 minutes to get ready for a night out, as long as I've decided what to wear first.
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Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
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Don't ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can't have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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Chewing transforms even toxins into nutritive substances.
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But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
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It is not mere chance that makes families speak of a child who is 'extraordinary for his age' and also of an old man who is 'extraordinary for his age'; the extraordinariness lies in their behaving like human beings when they are either not yet or no longer men.
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There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
