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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I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny - people ask me that, and I don't know what to tell them.
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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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With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.
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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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The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up.
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Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.'
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Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
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I support Marco Rubio.
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If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy, you have reached a very funny area.
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Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.
