Janet Jackson Quotes
Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. 'What's Going On' was a work of genius far ahead of it's time.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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I had no desire to crash a man's world.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn't work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.
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Where I grew up, most people were policemen. So naturally, I also wanted to be a policeman.
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People have to find ways of explaining the work.
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In times of crisis, you just have to bear down and lean on your own instincts and your own beliefs and make decisions.
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I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.
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Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. 'What's Going On' was a work of genius far ahead of it's time.
