Cyndi Lauper Quotes
I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

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I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.
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As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment?
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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I think there is something to be said for not feeling like just because you're a model you have to be dressed up, look amazing, go to every party, and be smiling all the time.
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The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him.
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Work, Mr. Burton. There’s nothing like work, for men and women. The one unforgivable sin is idleness.
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There was about two years where I was more or less agoraphobic and didn't deal with anybody, didn't talk to anybody, didn't have any friends at all.
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One of the more surreal days I've ever had in the recording studio was Martin Fry teaching Hugh Grant his old dance moves. Showing him how to do the hair-flip and the point, and all these sort of trademark moves of his.
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I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.