Jimmy Buffett Quotes
I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.
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I'm from a very close-knit family, and there was something very... I guess you could say normal, about it, and I so appreciate that. We all ate dinner together every single night, and my mom stayed at home with us. I owe a lot to my parents.
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I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.
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My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.
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You know, my children go to a local, local catholic school just down the road.
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We all belong to an ancient identity. Stories are the rivers that take us there.
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It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.
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My father's a deacon, my mother's a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom if I could have a solo.
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I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.
