Cynthia Payne Quotes
By 1980, when I came out of prison, The Sun did a campaign to stop putting vice girls in prison. We've talked about it ever since and nothing has been done about it.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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I love 'Annie Hall'; I will always come back to that film again and again. Diane Keaton has been such an inspiration to me. She always brings humour, but complexity, and I love watching her on screen. She's got real charisma.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
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There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood, so in that regard, I feel incredibly fortunate.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.
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I believe that it is impossible to stop people from using the fossil fuels, so we need to develop technologies which allow us to use them without creating environmental havoc on the planet.
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I could always write songs, act, get into politics, or stay home with the kids. But I've got to have some fun.
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In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.
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I'm married to the person I fell in love with.
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By 1980, when I came out of prison, The Sun did a campaign to stop putting vice girls in prison. We've talked about it ever since and nothing has been done about it.
