Keren Woodward Quotes
We spent a couple of years trying to be what we thought people wanted us to be, what the press thought we should be, doing what the company wanted. Finally we just said 'Sod it. This is what we do best. We're best at making pop records that people enjoy and having fun and entertaining them.'
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When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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I think self-love isn't some destination you get to and you are then incapable of feeling those feelings, but a journey in which you adapt your experiences to make for a happier life.
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I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.
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Only in death will I relinquish my belts.
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We live in an age where people are kind of a bit obsessed with celebrity and stuff. You can't help but be curious about it.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination. No one who knows anything about the subject would say it hasn't worked. It has certainly done something, or else it wouldn't have provoked so much opposition.
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We spent a couple of years trying to be what we thought people wanted us to be, what the press thought we should be, doing what the company wanted. Finally we just said 'Sod it. This is what we do best. We're best at making pop records that people enjoy and having fun and entertaining them.'
