Eleanora Fagan (Billie Holiday) Quotes
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
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I went and worked at a TV station in Stillwater. I was actually account manager for commercial accounts, selling ad space and everything.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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When I did 'Grease,' I took good care of myself. I treated it like a job. I approached it very professionally because I wanted to make a good reputation and hopefully continue on in the Broadway community and continue to do shows.
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Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.
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I always have been a busy person, doing my own housework, helping the Man of the Place when help could not be obtained; but I love to work. And it is a pleasure to write. And, oh, I do just love to play!
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I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.
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You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.
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I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.
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Storytellers have the right to answer any question they choose.
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When you do good work, people will notice you.
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I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.
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Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor. I loved the idea of captivating an audience and moving them truly through performance, but more importantly being recognized and heavily lauded for that talent.
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Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.'
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Many artists have not been able to realise their fondest projects. My role is to help them.
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A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
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Evil changes everybody!
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As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.
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You just have to stoke that furnace throughout the day.
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'Stupidity' defines the mental state wherein we acknowledge that we've never been smarter as individuals and yet somehow we've never felt stupider. We now collectively inhabit a state of stupidity.
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I have to physically attracted to someone. But I can't just be with someone just because it's great sex. Because orgasms don't last long enough.
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But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
