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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'Lost' seems to be the inverse of 'Air': It explores dispossession and identity by forcing a bunch of people into one invented landscape instead of using many invented landscapes to keep people apart.
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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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To me, it's always bumpy, and to me, that's the joy of it. That's this game. That's how hard it is in the NFL. Really, what you did last year or 2010, as we know, doesn't factor.
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The consequence was, that the most sudden and visible good effects were perceived from the use of oranges and lemons; one of those who had taken them, being at the end of 6 days fit for duty.
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If you're a member of this team, you should be proud. But you should also realize that the plans Nick has for the future might not include you.
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To come to the end of a time of anxiety and fear! To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse - that cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory! This at least is one joy that must have been known by almost every living creature.
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
