Carole King Quotes
I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white plantation owner. Everyone seems to forget the poor white farmer.
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In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.
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But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.
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I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
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But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.
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I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.
